English Explanatory Dictionary

red sprite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms, a large but weak luminous flash that appears directly above an active thunderstorm system and is coincident with a powerful positive cloud-to-ground lightning strike.

Word forms

red sprite red sprites

Related words

blue starter blue jet elve gigantic jet gnome pixie sprite halo sprelve sprite transient luminous event troll upward lightning
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