sprite

large-scale electrical discharge that occurs high above thunderstorm clouds
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sprite

Summary

sprite ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (576 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sprite's image is recorded as Red Sprites from the ISS (53791152564) (cropped).jpg[2].
  • sprite's subclass of is recorded as electrometeor[3].
  • sprite's subclass of is recorded as transient luminous event[4].
  • sprite's Commons category is recorded as Sprites (lightning)[5].
  • sprite's said to be the same as is recorded as Q12163620[6].
  • sprite's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05n00cl[7].
  • sprite's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sprites (lightning)[8].
  • sprite's Commons gallery is recorded as Sprites (lightning)[9].
  • sprite's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/blue-jet[10].
  • sprite's different from is recorded as Sprite[11].
  • sprite's NE.se ID is recorded as sprite[12].
  • sprite's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 111226916[13].
  • sprite's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 11496392-n[14].

Why It Matters

sprite ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (576 views/month).[1] sprite has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] sprite is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . GF WordNet. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). sprite. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/sprite
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sprite_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{sprite}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sprite}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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