Definitions for lightning rod
light·ning rod

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1. lightning rodnoun

   someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and serves to distract attention from another

2. lightning rod, lightning conductornoun

   a metallic conductor that is attached to a high point and leads to the ground; protects the building from destruction by lightning

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1. lightning rodnoun

   A metallic conductor that is attached to a high point of a building and leads to the ground and protects the building from damage by lightning

2. lightning rodnoun

   A person or thing that is a target for negative reactions and distracts criticism from another target.

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1. Lightning rod

   A lightning rod or lightning conductor (British English) is a metal rod mounted on a structure and intended to protect the structure from a lightning strike. If lightning hits the structure, it will preferentially strike the rod and be conducted to ground through a wire, instead of passing through the structure, where it could start a fire or cause electrocution. Lightning rods are also called finials, air terminals, or strike termination devices. In a lightning protection system, a lightning rod is a single component of the system. The lightning rod requires a connection to earth to perform its protective function. Lightning rods come in many different forms, including hollow, solid, pointed, rounded, flat strips, or even bristle brush-like. The main attribute common to all lightning rods is that they are all made of conductive materials, such as copper and aluminum. Copper and its alloys are the most common materials used in lightning protection.

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1. lightning rod

   A lightning rod is a metal rod or conductor mounted on top of a building or any other structure susceptible to lightning strikes, and electrically connected to the ground through a wire, to safeguard the building in the event of lightning by providing a path of least resistance for the lightning bolt to follow and dissipate harmlessly into the ground.

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1. Lightning rod

   A lightning rod or lightning conductor is a metal rod or metallic object mounted on top of a building, electrically bonded using a wire or electrical conductor to interface with ground or "earth" through an electrode, engineered to protect the building in the event of lightning strike. If lightning hits the building it will preferentially strike the rod and be conducted to ground through the wire, instead of passing through the building, where it could start a fire or cause electrocution. A lightning rod is a single component in a lightning protection system. Lightning rods are also called finials, air terminals or strike termination devices. The lightning rod requires a connection to earth to perform its protective function. Lightning rods come in many different forms, including hollow, solid, pointed, rounded, flat strips or even bristle brush-like. The main attribute of all lightning rods is they are conductive. Copper and its alloys are the most common materials used in lightning protection.

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How to pronounce lightning rod?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of lightning rod in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of lightning rod in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of lightning rod in a Sentence

1. President Barack Obama:

   While he was seen by his fiercest critics as a partisan lightning rod, that's not the prism through which Ted Kennedy saw the world, nor was it the prism through which his colleagues saw Ted Kennedy.

2. Alexander Knyazev:

   The IRPT, acting as a legal political force, had served as a lightning rod (for dissent), deflecting radical Islam, its closure and official pressure on its members is likely to push many pious Muslims out of officially registered mosques into underground ones.

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.

4. Art Caplan:

   I think trying to turn Wen into a target to cancel is ridiculous, i consider public health response to Covid to be a mess, and I think part of the reason Wen has become a lightning rod is, she's kind of being put out there as an example by people in public health who are disappointed or frustrated of that failure.

5. Art Caplan:

   I consider public health response to Covid to be a mess, and I think part of the reason Wen has become a lightning rod is, she's kind of being put out there as an example by people in public health who are disappointed or frustrated of that failure.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=lightning rod
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lightning_Rod
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Rod
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=lightning rod