mock sun

American  

noun

1. parhelion.

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mock sun British  

noun

1. another name for parhelion

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Example Sentences

There, even nature offers litle solace; the aurora borealis, a ghostly disturbance flickering in the sky, appears as a "mock sun" that offers light but no heat.

From Time Magazine Archive

One is a representation of snow crystals, and the other is a diagram of a mock sun.

From The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress by Jackson, Mason

The Banks Islanders make sunshine by means of a mock sun.

From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir

Once in the early morning she had seen a bright light above the sun—a mock sun which shone more fiercely than a fire in daylight.

From Lore of Proserpine by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

The sun, which was barely clear of the horizon, was itself a deep red, on either side and above it was a red mock sun and a rainbow-tinted halo connected the three mock suns.

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir