ANTHELION
\anθˈɛli͡ən], \anθˈɛliən], \a_n_θ_ˈɛ_l_iə_n]\
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A halo opposite the sun, consisting of a colored ring or rings around the shadow of the spectator's own head, as projected on a cloud or on an opposite fog bank.
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A halo opposite the sun, consisting of a colored ring or rings around the shadow of the spectator's own head, as projected on a cloud or on an opposite fog bank.
By Noah Webster.
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ant-h[=e]l'yun, n. a luminous coloured ring observed by a spectator on a cloud or fog-bank over against the sun:--pl. ANTHEL'IA. [Gr. anti, opposite, h[=e]lios, the sun.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Sir Augustus Henry
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