Arc of Lowitz
American
[loh-vits]
/ ˈloʊ vɪts /
Or
Lowitz arc
noun
Meteorology.
Etymology
Origin of Arc of Lowitz
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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