Definition of "sprites" [sprites]

• Plural form of sprite. (noun)

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• "This amazing video remixes the sprites from the 8-bit SNES Mario game as a physics tutorial on wave action."
• "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."
• "At least these did not seem to resemble the more annoying, tinier wood elves that their taller brethren referred to as sprites."