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sprelve

sprelve noun: an upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms, in which an elve is immediately followed by a sprite.

Noun

sprelve (plural sprelves)

  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

Forms of sprelve

pluralsprelves

Origin of sprelve

Blend of sprite + elve.

Questions about sprelve

What does sprelve mean?
Sprelve means an upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms, in which an elve is immediately followed by a sprite.
What part of speech is sprelve?
Sprelve is a noun.
What is the plural of sprelve?
The plural of sprelve is sprelves.

Words near sprelve in the dictionary

  1. spreite
  2. spreiten
  3. spreites
  4. Spreitzer
  5. Spreitzers
  6. sprelve
  7. sprelves
  8. Sprengel
  9. Sprengel explosive
  10. Sprengel explosives
  11. Sprengel pump

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