elve

[ elv ]

/ ɛlv /

noun

an extremely dim, flattened, expanding, reddish glow briefly seen over a thunderstorm, due to electromagnetic pulses from intense lightning.

Nearby words

eluviate, eluviation, eluvium, elva, elvas, elve, elver, elves, elvin, elvira, elvis

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Examples from the Web for elve

Elve le corbeau, il te crvera les yeux—Bring 25 up a raven, he will pick out your eyes.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood
Elve in French means up aloft, and elve means frequently transported with excitement.
Archaic England|Harold Bayley

Science definitions for elve

elve

[ ĕlv ]

An extremely dim, short-lived, expanding disk of reddish light above thunderstorms, believed to be caused by electromagnetic pulses from intense lightning in the lower ionosphere. Elves last less than a second and can be as wide as 500 km (310 mi) in diameter.