cerauno-, kerauno- (Greek: thunderbolt, thunder, lightning [literally, "smasher, crusher"]).ceraunia:
In folklore, stones, arrowheads, stone axes, and similar artifacts, believed to have fallen from the sky.
ceraunics:
That branch of physics that considers the phenomena of heat and electricity.
keraunion:
In archaeology, any of several kinds of prehistoric artifacts, especially stone axes, believed in ancient times to have fallen as thunderbolts.
ceraunograph, ceraunography, keraunograph, keraunography:
1. An instrument for chronologically recording occurrences of thunder (thunderstorms) and lightning (lightnings or thunderbolts).
2. A figure impressed by lightning upon a body or material. 3. In meteorology, an apparatus, consisting essentially of an antenna connected to a galvanometer or electroscope, for recording the occurrence of a distant thunderstorm. ceraunogram, keraunogram:
The written record that results from a ceraunograph.
ceraunomania, keraunomania:
A abnormal desire to be around when there are thunder and lightning exhibitions put on by nature.
ceraunomancy, keraunomancy:
A form of divination involving the interpretation of an omen communicated by thunder.
ceraunophilia, keraunophilia:
A special fondness for thunderstorms.
ceraunophobia, keraunophobia:
An excessive fear of lightning. In psychiatry, it is related to the fear of strong and superior forces, and as such it appears to stem from fear of a father and/or of castration.
ceraunophone, keraunophone, keraunophonic:
1. An instrument that makes a record of occurrences of thunder through a telephone receiver.
2. In meteorology, an apparatus, essentially a radio receiver, for audibly demonstrating the occurrence of distant lightning flashes [Webster's New Unabridged International Dictionary, 2nd Ed. (1952)]. ceraunoscope:
An apparatus used by the ancients in their ancient mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning [as defined by Webster's New Unabridged International Dictionary, 2nd Ed. (1952) and The Oxford English Dictionary, based on an 1827 reference].
ceraunoscopia, keraunoscopia:
Another form of divination involving the interpretation of thunder.
ceraunoscopy:
1. Fortunetelling by observing and making interpretations of lightning.
2. Ancient system of divination practiced by examining the phenomena of lightning and thunder. keraunoneurosis:
A term for traumatic neuroses associated with electric shocks.
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