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sprelve en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of sprite + elve.

Meanings

1. An upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms, in which an elve is immediately followed by a sprite.
   • In the early days of LLTV monitoring it was common to observe an apparent elve followed by a sprite, sometimes called a "sprelve." While elves do indeed precede some sprites, the "sprelve" in most cases, was found to represent a "sprite halo." 2006, Martin Füllekrug, Eugene A. Mareev, Michael J. Rycroft, Sprites, elves and intense lightning discharges, page 37:

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Relateds

troll · sprite · elve · sprite halo · gigantic jet · gnome · blue starter · pixie · blue jet · red sprite · upward lightning · transient luminous event