Word.ws English Dictionary

subhelic arc

subhelic arc noun: a rare halo, formed by internal reflection through ice crystals, that curves upwards from the horizon and touches the tricker arc above the anthelic point.

Noun

subhelic arc (plural subhelic arcs)

  1. A rare halo, formed by internal reflection through ice crystals, that curves upwards from the horizon and touches the tricker arc above the anthelic point.

Forms of subhelic arc

pluralsubhelic arcs

Questions about subhelic arc

What does subhelic arc mean?
Subhelic arc means a rare halo, formed by internal reflection through ice crystals, that curves upwards from the horizon and touches the tricker arc above the anthelic point.
What part of speech is subhelic arc?
Subhelic arc is a noun.
What is the plural of subhelic arc?
The plural of subhelic arc is subhelic arcs.

Words near subhelic arc in the dictionary

  1. subheaps
  2. subhed
  3. subhedging
  4. subhedral
  5. subheds
  6. subhelic arc
  7. subhelic arcs
  8. subhelices
  9. subhemispherical
  10. subhemolytic
  11. subhepatic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: subhelic arc (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “subhelic arc.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/subhelic_arc. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.