"red sprite" meaning in All languages combined

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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, large but weak luminous flashes that appear directly above an active thunderstorm system and are coincident with powerful positive cloud-to-ground lightning strokes Categories (topical): Astronomy, Meteorology

Inflected forms

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