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sprite halo

sprite halo noun: an upper-atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a diffuse disk-shaped glow that precedes a sprite and propagates downward.

Noun

sprite halo (plural sprite halos or sprite haloes)

  1. An upper-atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a diffuse disk-shaped glow that precedes a sprite and propagates downward.
    • In lhe: 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 sprite halo

pluralsprite halos
pluralsprite haloes

Questions about sprite halo

What does sprite halo mean?
Sprite halo means an upper-atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a diffuse disk-shaped glow that precedes a sprite and propagates downward.
What part of speech is sprite halo?
Sprite halo is a noun.
What is the plural of sprite halo?
The plural of sprite halo is sprite halos.

Words near sprite halo in the dictionary

  1. sprit
  2. sprit-sail
  3. sprit-sails
  4. sprite
  5. sprite comic
  6. sprite halo
  7. sprite haloes
  8. sprite halos
  9. sprited
  10. spriteful
  11. spritefully

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