"red sprite" meaning in All languages combined

See red sprite on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: red sprites [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} red sprite (plural red sprites)
  1. (astronomy, meteorology) 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. Categories (topical): Astronomy, Lightning, Meteorology

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