parhelion
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English
Etymology
From Latin parelion, from Ancient Greek παρήλιον (parḗlion), from παρά (pará) + ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɑːˈhiː.lɪ.ən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /pɑɹˈhi.li.ən/
- Rhymes: -iːliən
- Hyphenation: par‧hel‧i‧on
Noun
parhelion (plural parhelia or parhelions)
- Synonym of sun dog (“a bright spot in the sky, usually one of two on the parhelic circle on both sides of the sun (or occasionally above and below it), caused by the refraction of the sun's image through ice crystals”).
- An image or reflection.
- 1962, Charles Kinbote , Pale Fire, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, published November 1985, →ISBN:
- The short (166 lines) Canto One, with all those amusing birds and parhelia, occupies thirteen cards.
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synonym of sun dog (cognates) — see also sun dog
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