单词 | parhelic circle |
释义 | parhelic circlenoun Meteorology.a white, horizontal band passing through the sun, either incomplete or extending around the horizon, produced by the reflection of the sun's rays from the vertical faces of ice prisms in the atmosphere. Also called parheliacal ring . Origin of parhelic circleFirst recorded in 1885–90; parhel(ion) + -ic Words nearby parhelic circleparfum, pargasite, parget, pargeting, parging, parhelic circle, parhelion, pari-, Paria, pariah, pariah dog Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for parhelic circleparhelic circle nounmeteorol a luminous band at the same altitude as the sun, parallel to the horizon, caused by reflection of the sun's rays by ice crystals in the atmosphere Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for parhelic circleparhelic circle [ pär-hē′lĭk ] A luminous halo visible at the height of the Sun and parallel to the horizon, caused by the Sun's rays reflecting off atmospheric ice crystals. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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