Usually means: Transient luminous event in atmosphere.
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  1. elve: Merriam-Webster
  2. elve: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. elve: Wordnik
  4. elve: Wiktionary
  5. elve: Dictionary.com
  6. Elve: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. elve: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Elve: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. elve: FreeDictionary.org
  10. elve: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. elve: Encyclopedia

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  1. ELVE: Acronym Finder

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  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

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noun:  (astronomy, meteorology) A rapidly expanding disk-shaped region of red luminosity in the ionosphere, lasting less than a thousandth of a second, which occurs high above energetic cloud-to-ground lightning of positive or negative polarity.
noun:  Obsolete form of elf. [(Norse mythology) A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.]

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