/heuh vay"lee euhn/
a faint white halo with an angular radius of 90° that is occasionally seen around the sun or the moon, thought to be caused by the reflection and refraction of sunlight by ice crystals.
[ after J. HEVELIUS; see -IAN ]
/heuh vay"lee euhn/
a faint white halo with an angular radius of 90° that is occasionally seen around the sun or the moon, thought to be caused by the reflection and refraction of sunlight by ice crystals.
[ after J. HEVELIUS; see -IAN ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012