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Definition of Parheliacal
1. Adjective. Relating to or resembling a parhelion.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parheliacal
Literary usage of Parheliacal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Aviation by Robert Morris Pierce (1911)
"... of white light extending all around the sky, passing thru the sun or moon,
parallel to the horizon; a parheliacal ring. parhelion ,paz'hii-li-an n. ..."
2. The Observatory by Royal Astronomical Society (Gran Bretaña), Royal Greenwich Observatory, NASA Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service, Royal astronomical society GB (1880)
"... these ends and the halo were distinct parhelia, the tails of which were
prolonged into the parheliacal ring quite round the sky. April ii. ..."
3. The Atmosphere by Camille Flammarion (1873)
"The combination of the parheliacal circle with the vertical column passing through
the centre of the sun, produces the phenomenon of the solar or lunar ..."
4. The Atmosphere by Camille Flammarion (1873)
"The combination of the parheliacal circle with the vertical column passing through
the centre of the sun, produces the phenomenon of the solar or lunar ..."
5. Festus: A Poem by Philip James Bailey (1903)
"So of these, parheliacal gods which mocked men's minds, And, .lighting them to
darkness, left them there. False gods have never been ; nor false truths ..."
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