elve

[elv]

noun

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

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Historical Examples of 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

elve in Science

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.

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