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Elke vs Elve - What's the difference?

elke | elve |

As nouns the difference between elke and elve

is that elke is the european wild or whistling swan (cygnus ferus ) while elve is (astronomy|meteorology) an upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms, rapidly expanding disk-shaped regions of luminosity, lasting less than a thousandth of a second, which occur high above energetic cloud-to-ground lightning of positive or negative polarity.

elke

English

Alternative forms

* elk

Noun

(en noun)
  • The European wild or whistling swan (Cygnus ferus ).
    • (Webster 1913) ----

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    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (astronomy, meteorology) an upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms, rapidly expanding disk-shaped regions of luminosity, lasting less than a thousandth of a second, which occur high above energetic cloud-to-ground lightning of positive or negative polarity
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    • Sir Olof he rode out at early day, / And so came he unto an Elve -dance gay.

    See also

    * blue starter * bluejet * gigantic jet * gnome * pixie * red sprite * sprelve * sprite halo * sprite * transient luminous events * troll * upward lightning ----