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22-degree halo

22-degree halo is the alternative spelling of 22° halo.

Meaning of 22° halo

Noun

22° halo (plural 22° halos)

  1. An atmospheric phenomenon caused by sunlight or moonlight refracting through millions of hexagonal ice crystals in the upper atmosphere, such as in cirrus clouds, creating a ring of light with a 22-degree radius around the sun or moon.
    Synonyms:
    moon ring

Forms of 22-degree halo

plural22-degree halos

Questions about 22-degree halo

What is 22-degree halo the alternative spelling of?
22-degree halo is the alternative spelling of 22° halo.

Words near 22-degree halo in the dictionary

  1. 2180s
  2. 2190s
  3. 21st
  4. 21st CCLC
  5. 22
  6. 22-degree halo
  7. 22-gon
  8. 22-gons
  9. 224
  10. 22d
  11. 22nd

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 22-degree halo (page history and authors); 22° halo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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