- Archaic spirit
- Folklore an imaginary being or spirit, as a fairy, elf, or goblin
- a person regarded as elfin in some way
Origin of sprite
Middle English sprit from Old French esprit from Classical Latin spiritus, spirit
noun
The definition of a sprite is an imaginary being or spirit.
An example of a sprite is a fairy.
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sprite
also spright
noun
- A small or elusive supernatural being; an elf or pixie.
- An elflike person.
- Meteorology A large, dim, red flash that appears above active thunderstorms in conjunction with lightning.
- Archaic A spirit, specter, or ghost.
Origin of sprite
Middle English spreit from Old French esprit from Latin spīritus ; see spirit .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural sprites)
- (mythology) A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition.
- (mythology) An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
- The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
- (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.
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From Old French esprit (“spirit").
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sprite - Computer Definition
An independent graphic object controlled by its own bit plane (area of memory). Commonly used in video games, sprites move freely across the screen, passing by, through and colliding with each other. Programming sprites is easier than programming an object to move around on the same plane as other objects.
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Sentence Examples
- If you control a sprite that is an actual character, then designers must create a number of images that can signify if you are running left, right, jumping, ducking, and standing still.
- If you know how to cross-stitch (or know someone that does), then support your hardcore video game addiction -- especially if it's for old school gaming -- by having sprite art on pillows and purses.
- Their 2003 Fumé Blanc from Alexander Valley shows a sprite nose of stone fruit, citrus, honeysuckle, fresh hay and a soft vibration of smoky oak.
- It's possible that a video game character creator has ten different sprite images that must be loaded up at the appropriate time.
- One of the ways that you can get whatever character sprite you'd like is to download an emulator, get your hands on the video game ROM you want, and then simply do a screen capture on your computer.
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