ELVES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources; extremely bright extremely short (less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring (up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphere

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Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("elves" is a kind of...):

atmospheric electricity (electrical discharges in the atmosphere)

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