mock sun

mock sun

n. See parhelion.

mock sun

n (Physical Geography) another name for parhelion

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mock sun - a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals; "two or more parhelia are usually seen at once"parhelion, sundogmaculation, patch, speckle, dapple, fleck, spot - a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red"