sprite

Etymology
From, , , from , from. .

First used by Danny Hillis at Texas Instruments in the late 1970s.

An acronym for Stratospheric Perturbations Resulting from Intense Thunderstorm Electrification.

Noun

 * 1)  Any of various supernatural beings, loosely defined:
 * 2) A spirit; a soul; a shade.
 * 3) An apparition; a ghost.
 * 4) An elf, fairy, or goblin; one with a small humanlike physical body.
 * 5)  A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.
 * 6)  A large electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm, which appears as a luminous red or orange flash.
 * 7) The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
 * 8)  Any of various African damselflies of the genus  (of which, Australian species are named riverdamsels).
 * 9) A spayed female ferret.
 * 1) A spayed female ferret.

Synonyms

 * See 

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:, přízrak,
 * Finnish:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Irish:
 * Russian:, ,  ,


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: skřítek
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, , ,
 * Maori: rangipokohu
 * Old English: ielf
 * Russian:,  ,  ,  ,  ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: luspardan
 * Swahili: kizimwi


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 精靈圖,, 拼合圖, 雪碧圖
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Japanese: スプライト
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 紅色精靈
 * Finnish: keijusalama
 * German: ,
 * Russian:


 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To draw a (specifically) pixel art sprite.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  sprite