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Definition of Parhelia
1. parhelion [n] - See also: parhelion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parhelia
Literary usage of Parhelia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Meteorology: With a Collection of Meteorological Tables by Elias Loomis (1872)
"parhelia,—Near those points where halos cut the parhelic circle there is a double
cause ... parhelia are generally red on the side which is toward the sun, ..."
2. A Treatise on Meteorology: With a Collection of Meteorological Tables by Elias Loomis (1868)
"parhelia.—Near those points where halos cut the parhelic circle there is a double
cause ... parhelia are generally red on the side which is toward the sun, ..."
3. A Treatise on Geometrical Optics by Robert Samuel Heath (1887)
"reflexion at the vertical faces of the flat prisms will give rise to the same
appearance. This explanation is due to Young. 327. The parhelia were explained ..."
4. A Dictionary of Mechanical Science, Arts, Manufactures, and Miscellaneous by Alexander Jamieson (1829)
"Three parhelia or mock- suns were distinctly seen upon this circle ... The prismatic
tints were much more brilliant in the parhelia than in any other part ..."
5. A Treatise on Geometrical Optics by Robert Samuel Heath (1887)
"reflexion at the vertical faces of the flat prisms will give rise to the same
appearance. This explanation is due to Young. 327. The parhelia were explained ..."
6. Elements of Meteorology, with Questions for Examination, Designed for by John Brocklesby (1869)
"The images of the sun observed in haloes, are called parhelia, from the Greek
words para, near, ... What is said as to their origin t What are parhelia and ..."
7. Elements of Meteorology: With Questions for Examination, Designed for by John Brocklesby (1851)
"The images of the sun observed in haloes, are called parhelia, from the Greek
words para, near, and helios, the sun ; while those of the moon are termed ..."
8. A Compleat System of Opticks in Four Books: Viz. a Popular, a Mathematical by Robert Smith (1738)
"... if the diameter of the opake cylinder {hall bear a gj-eater proportion to that
of the whole than 590 to 1000, that no back parhelia can appear. ..."
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