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spriteAn independent graphic object controlled by its own bit plane (area of memory). Commonly used in video games, sprites move freely across the screen, passing by, through and colliding with each other. Programming sprites is easier than programming an object to move around on the same plane as other objects. sprite 1. (in folklore) a nimble elflike creature, esp one associated with water 2. an icon in a computer game which can be manoeuvred around the screen by means of a joystick, etc. sprite [sprīt] (meteorology) A transient illumination that can appear over a laterally extensive thunderstorm, with a red body about 20 kilometers (12 miles) in diameter, extending up to an altitude of 85-90 kilometers (51-54 miles), and blue tendrils extending down to an altitude of about 45 kilometers (27 miles).
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If a good thought passed through a man's mind, then a grin was seen in the mirror, and the sprite laughed heartily at his clever discovery. At mid-afternoon I was at my desk, trying to work, and this sprite had been making it impossible for half an hour. advancing to me eagerly along the causeway seemed the very sprite of Alastor himself |
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