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Definition of Mock sun
1. Noun. A bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals. "Two or more parhelia are usually seen at once"
Generic synonyms: Dapple, Fleck, Maculation, Patch, Speckle, Spot
Derivative terms: Parhelic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mock Sun
Literary usage of Mock sun
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Textbook in Physics for by Denison Olmsted, Ebenezer Strong Snell, Rodney Glentwork Kimball, Samuel Sheldon (1891)
"The mock sun, or sun-dog, is a short arc of the halo, occasionally seen at 22°
distance, ... The crystals, which are concerned in producing the mock sun, ..."
2. A General View of the Natural History of the Atmosphere: And of Its by Henry Robertson (1808)
"The next of the iridescent meteors ,.is the parhelion or mock sun. This appearance
is occasioned by the more direct impression of the complete form of that ..."
3. Proceedings of the British Meteorological Society by British Meteorological Society (1863)
"Parhelion, or Mock-sun.—An instance of the phenomena called parhelia, or mock-suns,
rare in these latitudes, but familiar in arctic regions, was recently ..."
4. Descriptive Meteorology by Willis Luther Moore (1910)
"The intersection of any two features is sometimes spoken of as a mock- sun, and
these may be on either side of the true sun or on either side of the ..."
5. Library of Useful Knowledge (1829)
"It appeared in the perfection of this description at about 11 o'clock, and then
degenerated by degrees. The northern mock sun at F vanished first ..."
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