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metal rod or metallic object to protect from lightning
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A lightning rod is a metal rod or metallic object installed on buildings or structures to protect them from lightning strikes by safely directing the electrical discharge into the ground. This protects the building and people inside from fire, electrical damage, and other dangers that occur when lightning hits.
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- electrode
- Image
- CN Tower struck by lightning-Edit(Taxi).jpg
- Has use
- lightning rod fashion
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- Commons category
- Lightning rods
- MCN code
- 8535.40.10
- discoverer or inventor
- Benjamin Franklin
- time of discovery or invention
- 1752-00-00
- uses
- Spitzenentladung
- physically interacts with
- lightning
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