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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PARHELION

Via Latin from Greek parēlion, from para-1 (beside) + hēlios sun.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PARHELION

parhelion  [pɑːˈhiːlɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARHELION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Parhelion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PARHELION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

parhelion

Sun dog

Sun dogs, mock suns or phantom suns, scientific name parhelia, are an atmospheric phenomenon that consists of a pair of bright spots on either side on the sun, often co-occurring with a luminous ring known as a halo. Sun dogs are a member of a large family of halos, created by light interacting with ice crystals in the atmosphere. Sun dogs typically appear as two subtly-colored patches of light to the left and right of the sun, approximately 22° distant and at the same elevation above the horizon as the sun. They can be seen anywhere in the world during any season, but they are not always obvious or bright. Sun dogs are best seen and are most conspicuous when the sun is low. A 22° halo seen in summer, India --- Kolkata...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARHELION


anthelion
æntˈhiːlɪən
aphelian
æpˈhiːlɪən
aphelion
æpˈhiːlɪən
Aristotelian
ˌærɪstəˈtiːlɪən
Aurelian
ɔːˈriːlɪən
Caelian
ˈsiːlɪən
Chamaeleon
kəˈmiːlɪən
chameleon
kəˈmiːlɪən
cornelian
kɔːˈniːlɪən
Delian
ˈdiːlɪən
epitrachelion
ˌɛpɪtrəˈkiːlɪən
Karelian
kəˈriːlɪən
Mendelian
mɛnˈdiːlɪən
Mephistophelian
ˌmefɪstəˈfiːlɪən
Mingrelian
mɪŋˈɡriːlɪən
mycelian
maɪˈsiːlɪən
paranthelion
ˌpæræntˈhiːlɪən
Pelion
ˈpiːlɪən
perihelion
ˌpɛrɪˈhiːlɪən
Swahilian
swɑːˈhiːlɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARHELION

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARHELION

battalion
billion
bullion
dandelion
Heraklion
lion
medallion
million
mountain lion
multimillion
obelion
pavilion
rebellion
stallion
the Great Rebellion
trillion
triskelion
vermilion
vermillion
zillion

Synonyms and antonyms of parhelion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «parhelion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARHELION

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

Translator English - Chinese

幻日
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

parhelion
570 millions of speakers

English

parhelion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

parhelion
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

parhelion
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

паргелий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

parélio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মায়া-সূর্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

parhéliocentre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Parhelion
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nebensonne
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

parhelion
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

햇무리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Parhelion
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ảo nhựt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போலிக் கதிரவன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅरेलिओन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

parheli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

parelio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

parhelion
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

паргелій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

parhelion
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρήλιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

parhelion
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

parhelion
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

parhelion
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of parhelion

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARHELION»

The term «parhelion» is normally little used and occupies the 117.762 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARHELION» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARHELION»

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1735-1743: 1735-1743
This parhelion a shot out the stream il, which was rectlinear, white and resplendent, 8° long, and void of colours; and it lasted somewhat longer than the former, without changing its figure. On the sun's being hid by thick clouds, about ± hour ...
Royal Society (Great Britain), Charles Hutton, George Shaw, 1809
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Results of a Series of Meteorological Observations, Made in ...
Parhelion each side of sun. 3. Halo. 12 and 26. Halos. 3. Halo. Aug Sept. Oct. Dec. LUNAR HALOS. May 14, July 10, Sept. 9, Oct. 18. At 8 A. M. Nov. 8 and Dec. 3. 1860. SOLAR I-IALOS. 6. Parhelion north of sun at 4 P. M. 26. Halo. 2. Halo in  ...
Franklin Benjamin Hough, 1872
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Atmospheric Halos
The 22.9° parhelion is also clear but apt to be mistaken for a Parry arc. The 18.3° parhelia are faint, and the 34.9° parhelia are diffuse. Presumably there is also a 19.9° parhelion, but masked by the lower tangent arc. Figure 10-18. Simulation ...
Walter Tape, 1994
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Dissension:
The skyjek patrol was not the first to see the Parhelion return to Ravnica. But Air Marshal Shokol Wenslauv was the first to go in for closer look. The flying headquarters of the Boros angels, absent since the Decamillennial, reappeared directly ...
Cory J. Herndon, 2006
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Children of Ezekiel: Aliens, UFOs, the Crisis of Race, and ...
There he counters the idea of visionary experiences as ufos by attributing ufo sightings to a meteorological phenomenon known as a parhelion. This phenomenon occurs when ice crystals in the sky create the appearance of a solar halo ...
Michael Lieb, 1998
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Philosophical Magazine
A parhelion, A A, of a silvery colour appearecHn the S.E. side of the halo C C and on the horizontal level of the sun. 2b 5m. — Mock-sun A A vanished. The portion E E of the inverted iris D D that cut the halo C C was extremely bright. 2h 9m.
‎1845
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A Treatise on Meteorology: With a Collection of ...
Near those points where halos cut the parhelic circle there is a double cause of light, and here the illumination ' is sometimes so great as to present the appearance of a mock sun, and is called a parhelion. Parhelia are generally red on the ...
Elias Loomis, 1873
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The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of ...
than that: its light was white; its figure round, and its size equal to that of the sun s. This parhelion a shot out the stream il, which was rectlinear, white and resplendent, 8° long, and void of colours ; and it lasted somewhat longer than the former, ...
‎1809
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The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and ...
The lower portion of the halo (I.) was also at this time nearly invisible, but the parhelion (IV.) was even more brilliant than before. This appearance continued until 0h 10m, then the halo (III.), together with the lower portion of the halo (I.), ...
‎1846
10
Polarized Light in Nature
As for the parhelion, the polarization of the component nearest to the sun is actually horizontal instead of radial, because here all the ice-crystals are oriented in such a way that their optical axis is vertical to the horizon. So, the outer red edge ...
G. P. Können, 1985

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARHELION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term parhelion is used in the context of the following news items.
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Edison Award received by OneMBA alumnus
Erik Wellen, OneMBA alumnus and partner at Parhelion, laser technology company, has received the Golden Award at this year's Edison ... «SourceWire, Jul 15»
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The Northern Lights – in Telford
Comments for: "The Northern Lights – in Telford". Slope. June 25, 2015 11:44. That's a parhelion, not an aurora. Report abuse ... «shropshirestar.com, Jun 15»
3
Weather Blog: Sundogs
This atmospheric phenomenon is often called a “sun dog” or “mock sun”, with the scientific name of “parhelion”. It's sort of the same effect as a ... «Turn to 10, Jun 15»
4
Ocean Leopard up for Island honours
... Ocean Leopard to second place line honours in Class, while it also won Portsmouth Sailing Club's annual Parhelion Autumn Series Group 3. «Portsmouth News, May 15»
5
Invalidation Risk Still Shadows California Offsets Market
The invalidation inquiry was “one of the lowlights” in the California offsets program last year, said Julian Richardson, CEO of Parhelion ... «Ecosystem Marketplace, May 15»
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The Bewildering Beauty of the Ordinary
Take the painting “Lumine III – Northwest [Parhelion]” (2014–15), for example. It is based on a double-headed light fixture attached to the ... «Hyperallergic, Apr 15»
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Indigo Girls announce new album release
Some of the mixing took place at Atlanta's Parhelion Recording Studios. Musicians Brady Blade and Carol Isaacs, heard on the Girls' “Beauty ... «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Mar 15»
8
Mountain News
A sunrise over the Alyeska Aid Room reveals a stunning sun dog or parhelion. The effect is the result of an atmospheric phenomenon creating ... «Turnagain Times, Mar 15»
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Did YOU see a 'halo' surrounding the moon last night?
The unusual spectacle is called a parhelion or a sundog. It is the result of a natural phenomenon in which sunlight passes though snow crystals ... «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
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Mongolia, the land of THREE suns: Sunshine passing through …
The unusual spectacle, called a parhelion, was captured on camera in Mongolia. It is the result of a natural phenomenon in which sunlight ... «Daily Mail, Jan 15»

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