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ful·gu·ra·tion \ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈrāshən\ noun (-s) Etymology: Latin fulguration, fulguratio sheet lightning, from fulguratus + -ion-, -io -ion 1. a. : the act or process of flashing like lightning : a lightning flash < it was pleasant to be sitting there while the sultriest fulgurations, flickering, cast corners in the glass — Wallace Stevens > b. : a spiritual radiation or divine manifestation c. Leibnizianism : the monads that are coeternal with God 2. : the sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver when the last film of oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface in assaying 3. : electrodesiccation |