Definitions for parhelion

parhelion par·he·li·on

Spelling: [pahr-hee-lee-uh n, -heel-yuh n]
IPA: /pɑrˈhi li ən, -ˈhil yən/

Parhelion is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 636 anagrams from letters in parhelion (aehilnopr).

Definitions for parhelion

noun

  1. a bright circular spot on a solar halo; a mock sun: usually one of two or more such spots seen on opposite sides of the sun, and often accompanied by additional luminous arcs and bands.

Origin of parhelion

1640-50; alteration of Latin parēlion Greek parḗlion, noun use of neuter of parḗlios beside the sun. See par-, helio-

Examples for parhelion

I do not always know him in these cases as my own parhelion.

A parhelion is a meteor in form of a bright light, appearing on one side of the sun.

Sometimes during the summer we see the parhelion, a similar phenomenon of the sun.

A parhelion or mock sun observed near Marienburg in western Prussia.

In that year a parhelion appeared undistinguishable by the naked eye from the real sun.

The dictionaries and cyclopedias of our careful publishers call the appearance of two or more suns (or moons) a parhelion.

Once or twice he saw a fourth parhelion, directly under the sun; but this is not common.

At each point of contact occurs a parhelion which is a mock sun of brilliant colors and called a sun-dog.

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