The Collaborative International Dictionary
Parhelion \Par*hel"ion\, n.; pl. Parhelia. [L. parelion, Gr. ?, ?; para` beside + ? the sun.] A mock sun appearing in the form of a bright light, sometimes near the sun, and tinged with colors like the rainbow, and sometimes opposite to the sun. The latter is usually called an anthelion. Often several mock suns appear at the same time. Cf. Paraselene.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of parhelion English)
WordNet
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Wikipedia
Parhelia may refer to:
- Parhelia (phenomenon), the scientific name for sun dogs
- Matrox Parhelia, a series of computer graphics processors
Usage examples of "parhelia".
Everywhere, it appeared, there were small and wan parhelia that mocked him above unending glacial scarps.
The parhelia had vanished, and the ice-sheet, as if by some prodigious legerdemain, had resumed its normal horizontality.
From time to time they saw strange atmospheric phenomena that Kyle said were common on Caledonia: vast elliptical rainbows suspended above the cloud deck, brightly colored haloes and arcs drawn in the ice-haze that veiled the sun, and patches of luminescence near the solar disk called parhelia or sun dogs, which sometimes appeared to jump magically about the sky.