SOLAR HALO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does solar halo mean? 

• SOLAR HALO (noun)
  The noun SOLAR HALO has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SOLAR HALO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOLAR HALO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

parhelic circle; parhelic ring; solar halo

Hypernyms ("solar halo" is a kind of...):

halo (a circle of light around the sun or moon)