gigantic jet

English

Noun

gigantic jet (plural gigantic jets)

1. (astronomy, meteorology) An upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms, a carrot-shaped red sprite that propagates upward from the core of an oceanic thunderstorm.
   • 2009, Michael C. Kelley, The earth's ionosphere: plasma physics and electrodynamics‎^[1], Academic Press, page 364:

     Gigantic jets appear to provide an electrical connection between cloud tops and the ionosphere.

See also

• blue starter
• blue jet
• elve
• gnome
• pixie
• red sprite
• sprite halo
• sprelve
• sprite
• transient luminous event
• troll
• upward lightning