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- noun Plural form of
sprite .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves)
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Examples
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This amazing video remixes the sprites from the 8-bit SNES Mario game as a physics tutorial on wave action.
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Martin Füllekrug of Bath University described how the team detected radio waves coinciding with the appearance of "sprites" - glowing orbs that occasionally flicker into existence above thunderstorms.
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Martin Füllekrug of Bath University described how the team detected radio waves coinciding with the appearance of "sprites" - glowing orbs that occasionally flicker into existence above thunderstorms.
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Martin Füllekrug of Bath University described how the team detected radio waves coinciding with the appearance of "sprites" - glowing orbs that occasionally flicker into existence above thunderstorms.
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Martin Füllekrug of Bath University described how the team detected radio waves coinciding with the appearance of "sprites" - glowing orbs that occasionally flicker into existence above thunderstorms.
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At least these did not seem to resemble the more annoying, tinier wood elves that their taller brethren referred to as sprites.
LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009
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At least these did not seem to resemble the more annoying, tinier wood elves that their taller brethren referred to as sprites.
LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009
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At least these did not seem to resemble the more annoying, tinier wood elves that their taller brethren referred to as sprites.
LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009
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Well you can name sprites and duplicate and you could do iteration by using multiple sprites and global variables - that might avoid the problem of repetitive code clutter due to inability to black box name code and call it by its name on a single sprite
one problem with scratch Bill Kerr 2008
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The sprites are the work of Leo Lentelli; they have a quaint elfin quality that is very engaging.
The Sculpture and Mural Decorations of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Art of the Panama-Pacific international exposition Stella George Stern Perry 1916
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To summarize: the term “sprites” comes from a technique in computer graphics, most often used in video games.
CSS Sprites: What They Are, Why They're Cool, and How To Use Them | CSS-Tricks Chris Coyier 2017
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