parhelium
parhelium is the alternative form of parhelion.
Meaning of parhelion
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.
- The short (166 lines) Canto One, with all those amusing birds and parhelia, occupies thirteen cards.1962, Charles Kinbote [pseudonym; Vladimir Nabokov], Pale Fire, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, published November 1985, →ISBN
Forms of parhelium
| plural | parheliums |
|---|---|
| plural | parhelia |
Words that rhyme with parhelium
- berkelium
- helium
- antihelium
- aphelium
- dihelium
- endothelium
- epithelium
- exothelium
- hydridohelium
- hyperhelium
- hypotrachelium
- mesothelium
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