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 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. Robert Kuttner:

   In terms of sheer experience, Brainard has punched all the tickets. It would be hard to imagine a more mainstream background, for the Wall Street allies of the Biden campaign, Brainard is ideal. As a career scholar and public official, she would presumably be less of a lightning rod for progressive critics than a Wall Street figure.

2. Mathew Schmalz:

   We're at a special point where America is finally coming to terms with its religious diversity. We're not just Christians, we're Muslims, Hindus, it shows President Obama is a lightning rod of the differing perceptions of what it means to be an American president.

3. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:

   You know this is part of a pattern that the right and the far-right and, frankly, the President is consistent with, he doesn't have another woman, Hillary Clinton or whoever else, to vilify anymore so they need to find another woman to kind of prop up and become a lightning rod.

4. 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.

5. Allen Adamson:

   This is a lightning rod issue in the country right now and it is hugely emotional and polarizing. It is still unclear how it will connect with consumers.

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. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=lightning rod