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atmospheric refraction

atmospheric refraction noun: the apparent angular elevation of the heavenly bodies above their true places, caused by the refraction of the rays of light in their passage through the Earth's atmosphere.

Noun

atmospheric refraction (uncountable)

  1. The apparent angular elevation of the heavenly bodies above their true places, caused by the refraction of the rays of light in their passage through the Earth's atmosphere.

atmospheric refraction meaning in Tamil

atmospheric refraction in Tamil

வளிமண்டலமுறிவு

Synonyms of atmospheric refraction

Questions about atmospheric refraction

What does atmospheric refraction mean?
Atmospheric refraction means the apparent angular elevation of the heavenly bodies above their true places, caused by the refraction of the rays of light in their passage through the Earth's atmosphere.
What is atmospheric refraction in Tamil?
Atmospheric refraction in Tamil is வளிமண்டலமுறிவு. See Atmospheric refraction meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is atmospheric refraction?
Atmospheric refraction is a noun.

Words near atmospheric refraction in the dictionary

  1. atmospheric perspective
  2. atmospheric pressure
  3. atmospheric pressures
  4. atmospheric railway
  5. atmospheric railways
  6. atmospheric refraction
  7. atmospheric river
  8. atmospheric rivers
  9. atmospheric tide
  10. atmospheric tides
  11. atmospheric water

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Adapted from Wiktionary: atmospheric refraction (page history and authors); atmospheric refraction (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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