HyperDic: red_sprites

English > 1 sense of the expression red sprites:
NOUNphenomenonred sprites, spritesatmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves)
English > red sprites: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
Meaningatmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves).
Synonymsprites
Broaderatmospheric electricityelectrical discharges in the atmosphere
Spanishsprites
Catalansprites

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