Elve
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Elve is a noun meaning (astronomy, meteorology) 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.
Meaning
(astronomy, meteorology) 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.
More Meanings
- Obsolete form of elf.
Example Sentences
Sir Olof, he rode out at early day, / And so came he unto an Elve-dance gay.
It is likely that the first elve was recorded with the Space Shuttle low-light camera.
Is it the offspring of thoughtless animal spirits, or the elve of fancy continually flitting round the expected pleasure?
Word Forms
- elves
- ELVES
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