Sprelve

noun

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Noun
  1. 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.""

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"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.""

Etymology

Blend of sprite + elve.

Related phrases

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