different between sprite vs spriting

English

Alternative forms

• spright (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English sprite, spryt, spreyte, from Old French esprit (“spirit”), from Latin spiritus. Doublet of spirit.

(computer graphics): First used by Danny Hillis at Texas Instruments in the late 1970s.

Pronunciation

• enPR: spr?t, IPA^(key): /sp?a?t/
• Rhymes: -a?t

Noun

sprite (plural sprites)

1. (mythology) A spirit; a soul; a shade
   • 1803, William Blake, Auguries of Innocence

     He who torments the chafer's sprite

     Weaves a bower in endless night.

2. An apparition; ghost
3. (mythology) An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
4. (computer graphics) A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.
5. An electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm.
6. The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
7. (entomology) Any of various African damselflies of the genus Pseudagrion (of which, Australian species are named riverdamsels).
8. A spayed female ferret.
9. (obsolete) Alternative form of spright (“frame of mind, disposition”)

Synonyms

• (supernatural creature): See goblin (hostile)

Related terms

• sprightly

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????? (supuraito)

Translations

Anagrams

• Pitres, Presti, Priest, esprit, pierst, priest, re-tips, respit, retips, ripest, sitrep, stripe, tripes

Finnish

Etymology

From English sprite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sprite/, [?s?prit?e?]
• IPA^(key): /?spr?i?t?i/, [?s?pr?i?t??i] (approximating English pronunciation; inflects like risti)
• Rhymes: -ite
• Syllabification: spri?te

Noun

sprite

1. (computer graphics) sprite

Declension

Anagrams

• ripset

English

Etymology

sprite +? -ing

Noun

spriting (uncountable)

1. (Internet) The technique of storing multiple images in a single larger image so that they load more quickly into a web page.
2. (nonstandard, computer graphics) The development of sprites (computer graphics), especially humanoid characters.

Anagrams

• spirting, striping