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Bailey's beads

Bailey's beads is the misspelling of Baily's beads.

Meaning of Baily's beads

Noun

Baily's beads pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A feature of total solar eclipses. As the moon "grazes" by the sun during a solar eclipse, the rugged lunar limb topography allows beads of sunlight to shine through in some places and not in others.

Questions about Bailey's beads

What is Bailey's beads the misspelling of?
Bailey's beads is the misspelling of Baily's beads.

Words near Bailey's beads in the dictionary

  1. bailey
  2. Bailey bridge
  3. Bailey bridges
  4. Bailey County
  5. Bailey Island
  6. Bailey's beads
  7. Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula
  8. baileychlore
  9. baileychlores
  10. baileys
  11. Baileyton

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