Categories: Comparisons
An example of simile in science journalism:
"Dubbed 'fossilized lightning', fulgurites are tubes of fused material created when a large electrical current travels through sand."
Physics World
Sam Jarman (2023) 'Quasicrystal found in 'fossilized lightning', Physics World
Read about examples of science similes
Many examples of science similes are listed in 'Creative Comparisons: Making Science Familiar through Language. An illustrative catalogue of figurative comparisons and analogies for science concepts'. Free Download.
