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hevelian haloes

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He⋅ve⋅li⋅an ha⋅lo

[huh-vey-lee-uhn]
–noun
a faint white halo with an angular radius of 90° that is occasionally seen around the sun or the moon, thought to be caused by the reflection and refraction of sunlight by ice crystals.

Origin:
after J. Hevelius; see -ian
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