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spraɪtsprite

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fairy, faery, faerie, fay, spritenoun

    a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

Wiktionary

  1. spritenoun

    A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition.

  2. spritenoun

    An elf; a fairy; a goblin.

  3. spritenoun

    The green woodpecker, or yaffle.

  4. spritenoun

    A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.

  5. spritenoun

    An electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm.[1]

  6. Etymology: From esprit (spirit).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Spritenoun

    A spirit; an incorporeal agent.

    Etymology: Contracted from spirit.

    The sprites of fiery termagants in flame
    Mount up, and take a salamander’s name. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPT

  1. sprite

    In general terms, a sprite is a type of digital image or graphic that is used in computer programming, particularly in creating video games. It is integrated within a larger scene and can be moved independently from the other images or objects on the screen. In folklore or mythology, a sprite is a small, supernatural, often ethereal creature or spirit.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Spritenoun

    a spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition. See Spright

  2. Spritenoun

    an elf; a fairy; a goblin

  3. Spritenoun

    the green woodpecker, or yaffle

  4. Etymology: [OE. sprit, F. esprit, fr. L. spiritus. See Spirit, and cf. Sprightly.]

Wikidata

  1. Sprite

    In computer graphics, a sprite is a two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene. Initially including just graphical objects handled separately from the memory bitmap of a video display, this now includes various manners of graphical overlays. Originally, sprites were a method of integrating unrelated bitmaps so that they appeared to be part of the normal bitmap on a screen, such as creating an animated character that can be moved on a screen without altering the data defining the overall screen. Such sprites can be created by either electronic circuitry or software. In circuitry, a hardware sprite is a hardware construct that employs custom DMA channels to integrate visual elements with the main screen in that it super-imposes two discrete video sources. Software can simulate this through specialized rendering methods. As three-dimensional graphics became more prevalent, sprites came to include flat images seamlessly integrated into complicated three-dimensional scenes.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Sprite

    sprīt, n. a spirit: a shade: a ghost: (obs.) frame of mind, disposition.—Also Spright. [A doublet of spirit.]

Editors Contribution

  1. Sprite

    Drift

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    Submitted by FireDino450 on April 14, 2020  

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Anagrams for sprite »

  1. priest

  2. ripest

  3. sitrep

  4. stripe

  5. esprit

  6. pteris

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sprite in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sprite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of sprite in a Sentence

  1. William Hugh Jenner:

    When I was 15 years old, my dad taught me how to drive in an Austin-Healey, 1960 Austin-Healey Bugeye Sprite.

  2. Hamish Banks:

    Fanta, Sprite and Coca Cola have arguably and consistently been the most widely consumed beverages in Nigeria. The spectrum of consumption is also perhaps the widest, with consumption starting as early as age four and far into adult years. the Ministry of Health communique could not be more clear that there is no issue with the safety of Fanta and Sprite.

  3. Demi Lovato:

    I was going to the airport and I had a Sprite bottle just filled with vodka and it was just 9 in the morning and I was throwing up in the car and this was just to get on a plane to go back to L.A. to the sober living house that I was staying at, i had all the help in the world, but I didn't want it.

  4. Real Live Preacher:

    Memory is a giggling sprite and will not be tamed. She takes flight the moment the present becomes the past.

  5. Rashad Jennings:

    Drinking Sprite and eating M&M's on the sideline, why not ? Didn't matter. I wasn't going to get into the game.

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