Definition of Solar halo

1. Noun. A luminous halo parallel to the horizon at the altitude of the sun; caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere.

Exact synonyms: Parhelic Circle, Parhelic Ring
Generic synonyms: Halo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Solar Halo

solar days
solar dermatitis
solar dish
solar eclipse
solar eclipses
solar elastosis
solar energetic particles
solar energy
solar engine
solar fever
solar flare
solar flares
solar furnace
solar ganglia
solar gravity
solar halo (current term)
solar heater
solar house
solar keratosis
solar lentigo
solar maculopathy
solar magnetic field
solar month
solar nebula
solar nebulae
solar nebulas
solar noon
solar panel
solar panels

Literary usage of Solar halo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1822)
"... In which a faint solar halo appeared in the afternoon : cloudy by night, ... the upper one from NE. and a faint solar halo : overcast by night, ..."

2. Sessional Papers by Canada Parliament (1887)
"solar halo at 3.20 pm Douse fog 7 am 3rd. Dense fog. 5th. ... solar halo at 2.30 pm 26th. Another attempt was made at midnight by the Eskimo to take ..."

3. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1818)
"Its periphery was most perfect at midnight, when the moon's altitude was greatest; for the perpendicular diameter of a lunar or solar halo, when between the ..."

4. Documents of the Senate of the State of New York by New York (State). Legislature. Senate (1835)
"solar halo.—Cazenovia. April 18. Large lunar halo.—Kinderhook, Utica. ... solar halo at 6 AM—Albany. July 18. solar halo, during the greater part of the ..."

5. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1818)
"Its periphery was most perfect at midnight, when-the moon's altitude was greatest; for the perpendicular diameter of a lunar or solar halo, when between the ..."

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