sprite or SPRITE may refer to:
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- Sprite (creature), legendary creatures such as elves, fairies and pixies
- a spirit being
- a ghost, the spirit of a deceased person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living
- water sprites, such as the Neck (water spirit)
- Sprite (lightning), a large-scale electrical discharge that occurs high above thunderstorm clouds
Biology
- a spayed female ferret
- Sprite butterflies, certain skipper butterfly genera in subfamily Pyrginae, tribe Celaenorrhini:
- Celaenorrhinus (typical sprites)
- Katreus (Giant Scarce Sprite)
- Loxolexis (scarce sprites)
- Sprite melon, a type of sweet melon cultivated in North Carolina
- Water Sprite, the freshwater fern Ceratopteris thalictroides
- Sedge Sprite, a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae
Computing
- Sprite (computer graphics), a two-dimensional pre-rendered figure
- Sprite operating system, an operating system developed at the University of California, Berkeley
Beverages
- Sprite (soft drink), the brand name of a lemon-lime beverage produced by The Coca-Cola Company
Vehicles
- Austin-Healey Sprite, a British car
- Practavia Sprite, a British two-seat homebuilt training or touring aircraft
- Schweizer SGS 1-36 Sprite, a US sailplane
- Sprite (motorcycle), a historical British make of motorcycle
- De Havilland Sprite, a British rocket engine
- Sprite class tanker, a class of spirit tankers of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Popular culture
- In comics
- Sprite, an early alias of X-Men member Kitty Pryde
- Sprite (Eternal), a fictional member of the race of Eternals in the Marvel Comics Universe
- Sprite, a Chinese mutant and a student at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.
- Sprites in the Rainbow Brite television series
- Sprites (band), an independent music group from USA
- Shine Sprites, fictional objects from the video game Super Mario Sunshine
- Sprite (Artemis Fowl)
Abbreviations
- SPRITE (IR detector), a specialist detector device using a process known as Signal PRocessing In The Element
- SPRITE-S2, Support and Guidance to the PRocurement of Information and TElecommunication Systems and Service, a European Commission project
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See also
Sea Sprite may refer to:
- Sprite (creature), a broad term referring to a number of supernatural legendary creatures
- Sea Sprite Sailing Yachts, a series of sail boats
- Kaman SH-2 Seasprite, a series of helicopters
- Purcell Sea Sprite, an experimental homebuilt glider aircraft