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Noun: elves  elvz
  1. 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
Noun: elf (elves)  elf
  1. (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
    - hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp
Noun: ELF
  1. Below 3 kilohertz
    - extremely low frequency

See also: elfin

Type of: atmospheric electricity, faerie, faery, fairy, fay, radio frequency, sprite

Part of: electromagnetic spectrum

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