PARHELION


Meaning of PARHELION in English

“+ noun

( plural parhelia )

Etymology: Latin parelion, from Greek parēlion, parēlios, from par- para- (I) + hēlios sun — more at solar

: any one of several bright spots often tinged with color that often appear symmetrically distributed on the parhelic circle and are intensified parts of halos — called also mock sun, sun dog ; compare paraselene

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