Parhelion

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A bright spot sometimes appearing on either side of the sun, often on a luminous ring or halo.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A bright spot in the sky due to the refraction of the sun’s image by ice crystals.
  • n. a reflection or image
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A mock sun appearing in the form of a bright light, sometimes near the sun, and tinged with colors like the rainbow, and sometimes opposite to the sun. The latter is usually called an anthelion. Often several mock suns appear at the same time. Cf. paraselene.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An intensification of a circular space in a solar halo, generally in prismatic colors, sometimes dazzlingly bright.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    dapple    maculation    speckle    fleck    patch   
    Variant
    parhelia    anthelion    paraselene   
    Form
    parhelic   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sundog   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    denominationalism    parhelia    15th    cent    January   
     
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