MIRAGE
\mˈɪɹɑːʒ], \mˈɪɹɑːʒ], \m_ˈɪ_ɹ_ɑː_ʒ]\
Definitions of MIRAGE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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An optical effect, sometimes seen on the ocean, but more frequently in deserts, due to total reflection of light at the surface common to two strata of air differently heated. The reflected image is seen, commonly in an inverted position, while the real object may or may not be in sight. When the surface is horizontal, and below the eye, the appearance is that of a sheet of water in which the object is seen reflected; when the reflecting surface is above the eye, the image is seen projected against the sky. The fata Morgana and looming are species of mirage.
By Oddity Software
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An optical effect, sometimes seen on the ocean, but more frequently in deserts, due to total reflection of light at the surface common to two strata of air differently heated. The reflected image is seen, commonly in an inverted position, while the real object may or may not be in sight. When the surface is horizontal, and below the eye, the appearance is that of a sheet of water in which the object is seen reflected; when the reflecting surface is above the eye, the image is seen projected against the sky. The fata Morgana and looming are species of mirage.
By Noah Webster.
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A misleading effect presented to the eye on oceans, deserts, or plains, by which the inverted images of distant objects are seen, the objects being often quite out of sight.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An optical illusion by which objects are seen double as if reflected in a mirror, or appear as if suspended in the air.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A curious natural illusion by which objects are seen double-natural objects being seen suspended in the air, generally in a vertical position, as if reflected in a lake; in the desert, the mirage assumes the appearances of a lake; sometimes called looming.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
