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- Primary term
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lightning rod
- URI
- https://nomenclature.info/nom/330 (opens semantic view)
- Definition
- A metallic rod or cable (steel, copper) set up on a building, but insulated from it. It runs from the highest point of the building down to the ground and sometimes, to another lightning rod. Used to diminish the electrical effects of a lightning strike by providing it with a direct path to the ground.
- Definition source(s)
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- Parks Canada / Parcs Canada, and Canadian Heritage Information Network / Réseau canadien d’information sur le patrimoine. n.d. “Parks Canada Descriptive and Visual Dictionary of Objects / Dictionnaire descriptif et visuel de Parcs Canada.”
- English
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- Term (International)
- lightning rod
- Inverted term (International)
- rod, lightning
- Alternative term(s)
- lightning conductor
- French
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- Term (International)
- paratonnerre
- Term gender (International)
- masculine
- Alternative term(s)
- barre à tonnerre
- Spanish
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- Term
- pararrayos
- External term source
- Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online
- Date created
- 2010-01-01
- Date updated
- 2020-06-02
- Parks Canada code(s)
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- 01-00032
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- URL
- https://page.nomenclature.info/nom/330 (reopens this page)
Other references to this concept
Exact matching concepts from other linked open data sources
Note: external sources may not have all data in both English and French.
| Data source | Label | Language | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | lightning rods (Art & Architecture Thesaurus) | English | Exact |
| Wikidata | lightning rod (Wikidata) | English | Exact |
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