FULGURATION

Etymology

Noun

fulguration (countable and uncountable, plural fulgurations)

A flash of lightning

(medicine) cauterization with electricity; electrocautery

(chemistry, obsolete) The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface

Synonym: blick

Source: Wiktionary

Ful"gu*ra`tion, n. Etym: [L. fulguratio: cf. F. fulguration.]

1. The act of lightening. [R.] Donne.

2. (Assaying)

Definition: The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface;

– also called blick. A phenomenon called, by the old chemists, fulguration. Ure.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition