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22° halo

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.69 in modern English

Syllables
22° ha-lo
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An atmospheric phenomenon caused by sunlight or moonlight refracting through millions of hexagonal ice crystals in the upper atmosphere, such as in cirrus clouds, creating a ring of light with a 22-degree radius around the sun or moon.

Inflected Forms

22° halos (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

sun dog parhelion moon dog paraselene

Synonyms

moon ring

Questions

What does 22° halo mean?
An atmospheric phenomenon caused by sunlight or moonlight refracting through millions of hexagonal ice crystals in the upper atmosphere, such as in cirrus clouds, creating a ring of light with a 22-degree radius around the sun or moon.

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