sprite
IPA: sprˈaɪt
noun
- (mythology) A spirit; a soul; a shade.
- An apparition; ghost
- (mythology) An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
- (computer graphics) A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.
- An electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm.
- The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).
- (entomology) Any of various African damselflies of the genus Pseudagrion (of which, Australian species are named riverdamsels).
- A spayed female ferret.
- A colourless, caffeine-free, lemon and lime-flavoured soft drink.
- (obsolete) Alternative form of spright (“frame of mind, disposition”) [(obsolete) Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood.]
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Examples of "sprite" in Sentences
- It is a completely black sprite.
- Then there's the sprite mirroring.
- Such as class sprites or something.
- The sprite engine has synergy with the palette.
- Occasionally, the sprites suffer from flickering.
- A sprite style is the way a certain sprite is made to look.
- These devices refer to a sprite as a preternatural creature.
- 'What a wicked sort of sprite is a female wit!' cried Sir Sedley,
- Sedge sprites are similar to sphagnum sprites and southern sprites.
- The Sea Sprite 34 is the largest of the Sea Sprite sailing vessels.
- The headline is the saying on the botttom of the sprite, stats, and name.
- The sprite was a tiny weight in his hair, as though a lock had become twisted by the breeze.
- The sprite was a few feet behind him — he had no idea how the stupid thing got there — holding its bow and actually laughing at him!
- "PETER", your rite, eye guest wii shuld view everyding wif a mor "possitive [sic]" eye in sprite of there mediokrity -- mush like your komments.
- If I want a sweeter taste to the fish, dip the fish in sprite or 7up and then batter, the sugar in the soda will stick to the meat and give it a nice, sweet flavoring.
- So, we kind of quickly threw away the notion of sprite flicker and all these things that would be very problematic or limits that we'd have to impose on ourselves for gameplay.
- "As people who ought to know better," observed M. Kollsen, "now think the wind is alive, and call it Nipen, or the mist of the lake and river, which they call the sprite Uldra."
- Eventually, the groove of WRONG disappeared as if some minor curse from an obnoxious word sprite was lifted, and we eventually were able to recall and retain the inordinately oh so complex word… gazebo.
- The user simply drags programming instructions from the pallet into the center column and connects them together to build up one or more programs that control the current sprite, which is displayed at the top.