Lightning (disambiguation)

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Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity.

Lightning may also refer to:

Art and entertainment

Literature and comics

• Lightnin' (play), a 1918 play
• Lightning (novel), a 1988 novel by Dean Koontz
• Lightning (comics), several comics characters, including:
  • Lightning (DC Comics) (Jennifer Pierce), a DC Comics superhero
  • Lightning, one of the superpowered brothers Thunder and Lightning
  • Lightning, a member of the Tower Comics T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents
• Lightning Comics, at least two American comics companies
• Lightning, the horse of the mythical American cowboy Pecos Bill

Music

• Lightning (album), a 2012 album by Matt & Kim
• "Lightning" (song), a 2011 song by The Wanted
• "Lightning", a song by Counting Crows, one of the "Flying Demos"
• "Lightning", a song by Eric Church from Sinners Like Me

Film, television and video games

• Lightning (Tom and Jerry), a fictional cat in the Tom and Jerry cartoons
• Lightning (Final Fantasy), the female protagonist from Final Fantasy XIII
• VF-4 Lightning III, a fictional fighter aircraft from the Macross universe
• Lightning (film), a 1952 film by Mikio Naruse
• Lightnin' (film), a 1925 comedy film by John Ford

People

• Lightning (Gladiators), Kim Betts (born 1971), English bodybuilder and a star of the UK version of the TV show Gladiators
• Lightning (wrestler), Puerto Rican professional wrestler, half of the tag team Thunder and Lightning

Computing

• Lightning (software), an extension that adds calendar and scheduling functionality to the Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail client
• GNU lightning, a library for Just-in-time compilation
• Lightning (connector), a power and data bus for Apple iPhone, iPod, and iPad products

Firearms

• Colt Lightning Carbine, a rifle manufactured between 1884 and 1904
• AMT Lightning 25/22, a semi-automatic rifle
• AMT Lightning pistol, a semi-automatic pistol

Military units

• 78th Infantry Division (United States), nicknamed "Lightning"

Places

• Lightning (Atlanta), a former neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

Roller coasters

• Lightning (Entertainment City), a roller coaster at Entertainment City in Kuwait
• Lightning (Revere Beach), a roller coaster that formerly operated at Revere Beach in Revere, Massachusetts

Sports

• Tampa Bay Lightning, a National Hockey League ice-hockey franchise
• Rockford Lightning, a defunct Continental Basketball League franchise
• Tel Aviv Lightning, an Israel Baseball League franchise
• Adelaide Lightning, an Australian Women's Basketball League team
• Lancashire Lightning, the name for the Lancashire County Cricket Club during one-day matches
• Lightning, the mascot of Middle Tennessee State University

Transportation

Aircraft

• Beechcraft Lightning, an experimental civilian turboprop aircraft
• English Electric Lightning, a supersonic British fighter aircraft of the Cold War era
• Lockheed P-38 Lightning, an American fighter aircraft of World War II
• Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, a US/UK fighter aircraft, the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)
• Sport Copter Lightning, American autogyro

Automotive

• Lightning Car Company, a British company that builds electric sports cars
  • Lightning GT, the flagship vehicle of the aforementioned car company
• Ford Lightning, a sports/performance version of the Ford F-150 pickup truck
• BSA Lightning, a motorcycle produced by BSA between 1965 and 1972

Rail

• Lightning Route, an early tram service in Montgomery, Alabama, USA
• Lightning, a GWR Iron Duke Class locomotive on the Great Western Railway from 1847 to 1878
• Lightning, was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 to 1915

Ships and boats

• Lightning (clipper), a clipper ship built by Donald McKay in 1854
• Lightning (dinghy), a type of 19-foot sailing dinghy first built in 1938 and raced worldwide
• HMS Lightning, various Royal Navy ships

See also

• All pages beginning with "Lightning"
• Lightning bolt (disambiguation)
• Lightning strike, electrical discharge caused by lightning
• Lightning Peak (disambiguation), several mountain peaks in Canada and the United States
• Lightning Stakes, an Australian thoroughbred horse race
• Thunderbolt (disambiguation)

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