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noun.
an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources; extremely bright extremely short (less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring (up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphere
Word Usage
"Carole and Alaya also make provocative quotes about elves the former saying "..elves I have nothing to do with", while the latter concurs with "The world does not ever, ever need to see another damn elf"."