sprelve
nounEtymology Blend of sprite + elve.
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Astronomy, Climatology, Meteorology, Natural sciences 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:
- Related terms
- blue starter, blue jet, elve, gigantic jet, gnome, pixie, red sprite, sprite, sprite halo, transient luminous event, troll, upward lightning