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PRONUNCIATION OF PARHELIC

parhelic  [pɑːˈhiːlɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARHELIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Parhelic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PARHELIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of parhelic in the English dictionary

The definition of parhelic in the dictionary is of or relating to parhelia.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARHELIC


aboulic
əˈbuːlɪk
abulic
əˈbuːlɪk
allelic
əˈliːlɪk
aulic
ˈɔːlɪk
Bialik
ˈbjɑːlɪk
blastocoelic
ˌblæstəʊˈsiːlɪk
enterocoelic
ˌɛntərəʊˈsiːlɪk
garlic
ˈɡɑːlɪk
hierodulic
ˌhaɪərəˈdjuːlɪk
hyperdulic
ˌhaɪpəˈdjuːlɪk
interallelic
ˌɪntərəˈliːlɪk
mandalic
mænˈdɑːlɪk
monostelic
ˌmɒnəˈstiːlɪk
nonallelic
ˌnɒnəˈliːlɪk
peelgarlic
ˈpiːlˌɡɑːlɪk
phocomelic
ˌfəʊkəʊˈmiːlɪk
pilgarlic
pɪlˈɡɑːlɪk
siphonostelic
ˌsaɪfənəˈstiːlɪk
stelic
ˈstiːlɪk
tiktaalik
ˌtɪkˈtɑːlɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARHELIC

pargasite
parge
parget
pargeter
pargeting
pargetting
pargo
pargyline
parhelia
parheliacal
parhelic circle
parhelion
parhypate
pari passu
pari-mutuel
pariah
pariah dog
parial
Parian
paries

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARHELIC

angelic
archangelic
atelic
autotelic
evangelic
Gadhelic
Gaelic
Goidelic
Goidhelic
Irish Gaelic
melic
nickelic
philatelic
psychedelic
psychodelic
relic
sapropelic
Scottish Gaelic
syringomyelic
telic

Synonyms and antonyms of parhelic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «parhelic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARHELIC

Find out the translation of parhelic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of parhelic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «parhelic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

幻日
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

parhélico
570 millions of speakers

English

parhelic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

parhelic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

parhelic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

parhelic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

parhelic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

parhelic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

parhelic
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Parhelic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Horizontal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

parhelic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

parhelic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Parhelic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

parhelic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

parhelic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅरेलिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

parhelic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

parhelic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

parhelic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

parhelic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

parhelic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

parhelic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

parhelic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

parhelic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

parhelic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of parhelic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARHELIC»

The term «parhelic» is used very little and occupies the 175.780 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARHELIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about parhelic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARHELIC»

Discover the use of parhelic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to parhelic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Atmospheric Halos
For example, ray paths of types 35673, 3765, and 3875 make the bright segment on the parhelic circle about 30° to the left of the anthelic point, rather than lighting the entire parhelic circle. Table 2. Ray paths in oriented plate crystals; ...
Walter Tape, 1994
2
Out of the Blue: A 24-Hour Skywatcher's Guide
Figure 7.12 Parhelic circle. Here we see a short segment of a parhelic circle and a strongly coloured parhelion. The Sun is out of the frame of the photograph on the left hand side. (Photo John Naylor) 7.8 The parhelic circle Very occasionally,  ...
John Naylor, 2002
3
Rainbows, Halos, and Glories
Such an effect is observed and is called the parhelic circle. Plate 3-8 shows a display with the sun behind the globe of a streetlamp. You see what appear to be parts of the 22-degree halo and of the circumscribed halo. The nearly horizontal ...
Robert Greenler, 1980
4
Lights in the Sky: Identifying and Understanding ...
11.7. The. Parhelic. Circle. Referred to above, this appears from more than a single source. One other possibility exists when the Sun is at a relatively low altitude and light is reflected off a needle surface when that is standing vertically ...
Michael Maunder, Patrick Moore, 2007
5
A Dictionary of Weather
Pairs of anthelic arcs are normally seen, intersecting to give a diagonal cross, centred on the *parhelic circle, 180° from the Sun, where they may enhance an * anthelion (if present). anthelion A *halo phenomenon (also known as a counter ...
Storm Dunlop, 2008
6
Journal of a Voyage in Baffin's Bay and Barrow Straits in ...
PARHELIC CIRCLES. 493 pieces of wood, but the results in all were nearly exactly the same. February 28th.—At an early hour this morning the sky became overcast, and the wind, which was north— erly, veered to the eastward a few points.
Peter Cormack Sutherland, 2014
7
The Starry Room: Naked Eye Astronomy in the Intimate Universe
We also see on the sketch the upper tangential arc to the 22° halo, the circumzenithal arc, and the parhelic circle. Of the seven “suns," some are also easy to account for. There are the true Sun, two mock suns, and the anthelion. The sun drawn ...
Fred Schaaf, 2012
8
Wonders of the Sky: Observing Rainbows, Comets, Eclipses, ...
Not only the sun and the parhelia appear to lie on the parhelic circle. In superb displays. the anthelion and the two paranthelia may be observed as white spots like large beads on the circle. The anthelion t"against the sun" or "opposite the ...
Fred Schaaf, 1983
9
METEOROLOGY OF CLOUDS
Parhelia (also called 'Mock suns', 'Sun dogs') - bright spotted areas, slightly color- tinged, that appear to the right and left of the sun, on the parhelic circle. Flat hexagonal ice-crystal plates (frequently associated with cirrus clouds), produce a 22 ...
L.L. Downing, 2013
10
A Field Guide to the Atmosphere
A halo complex including the 22° and 46° halo, a sun pillar, parhelia, portion of a parhelic circle, and tangential arcs ohserved at Yellowstone National Park. The ice crystals responsihle for these effects were very short hexagonal columns of ...
Jay Pasachoff, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARHELIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term parhelic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Storms bring spectactular sights: sun halos, sundogs
A ring or circle of light around the sun or moon is called a halo, or, for the more scientifically minded, a parhelic circle or ring. Sundogs are ... «St George News, May 15»
2
Researchers create 'laser dogs' with soap bubbles
... Physics Letters A. The light ring shown above is analogous to a parhelic circle, which threads through the sun, running parallel to the horizon. «Science AAAS, Feb 15»
3
Incredible Video of a Rare Sun Halo Display
That's the photo above, showing an incredible array of optical effects: The 22° halo, parhelia, tangent arcs, parhelic circle, a supralateral arc, ... «Slate Magazine, Jan 15»
4
The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s: 100-81
Standouts like “Cfern” and “Parhelic Triangle”, meanwhile, play phrase repetition into an unsettling collection of layers that are just jagged ... «PopMatters, Oct 14»
5
Five Things: Seekae
'Parhelic Triangle' and 'Pen Expers' were two tracks that really got me thinking about percussion for the album, and how there is still so much to ... «FasterLouder, Sep 14»
6
If Pigs Could Fly – A Quick Guide to Solar Halos and Other Curiosities
These are part of the much larger parhelic circle, a rarely-seen narrow band of light encircling the entire sky at the sun's altitude formed when ... «Universe Today, May 14»
7
Sun Dogs Spotted This Morning in Effingham
The colors of the sundog finally merge into the white of the parhelic circle (if the latter is visible). Heather Brockett, one of our Facebook ... «Effingham's News Leader, Jan 14»
8
A “MiniMoon” Seen Around the World
The Full Moon, a “Moon Dog” halo, and a rare parhelic (or do you say Palunic?) arc as seen from North Slope Borough County, Alaska. «Universe Today, Jan 14»
9
Garrett's Blog: Rare Sight Over NWA This Morning
This was an optical phenomena known as Paranthelion or Parhelic Circle when a ring appears in conjunction to the bright spots around the ... «5newsonline.com, Dec 13»
10
These incredible sky lights look like alien spaceships coming to Earth
He captured a lunar halo combined with a full parhelic circle, two sundogs and a 120 parhelion, which you can see in the beautiful photo below ... «Gizmodo, Oct 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Parhelic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/parhelic>. May 2024 ».
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