English Explanatory Dictionary

elve

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Obsolete form of elf.
noun
  1. A rapidly expanding disk-shaped region of red luminosity in the ionosphere, lasting less than a thousandth of a second, which occurs high above energetic cloud-to-ground lightning of positive or negative polarity.

Word forms

elve elves

Etymology

Obsolete form of elf.

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