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noun Meteorology.
a halo or arc of light, occurring infrequently, which extends diagonally downward from a 22° parhelion.
Also, Lowitz arc.
Origin:
named after Tobias Lowitz (1757-1804), German-born chemist, who published a description of a halo display observed in St. Petersburg in 1790
named after Tobias Lowitz (1757-1804), German-born chemist, who published a description of a halo display observed in St. Petersburg in 1790
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Arc of Lowitz
is always a great word to know.
So is wave cyclone. Does it mean:
| a cyclone that forms on a front and, in maturing, produces an increasingly sharp, wavelike deformation of the front |
| a cloud consisting of broad, parallel bands oriented perpendicularly to the wind |
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