1 In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis. ( 2 n.) The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles. ( 3 n.) A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order.
A lightning rod or lightning conductor is a iron rod that is used to make lightning strike it, rather than strike something else. It is part of a lightning protection system. Such a system is made of many such rods. These rods are usually placed at high points of buildings and structures.
A real lightning rod attracts lightning to it. A person is said to be a lightning rod to suggest they attract something to them, most often criticism, controversy, or negative comments. Usually the thing they attract is indicated in the same sentence or nearby in the context. person is said to be a lightning rod to suggest they attract something to them, most often criticism, controversy, or negative comments. Usually the thing they attract is indicated in the same sentence or nearby in the context.