mock sun
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
And was he only a mock sun swimming in a firmament of glories which he could have outshone?
From Visionaries by Huneker, James
At each point of contact occurs a parhelion which is a mock sun of brilliant colors and called a sun-dog.
From Reading the Weather by Longstreth, Thomas Morris
"It is a mock sun," exclaimed my father.
From The Smoky God, or, a voyage to the inner world by Emerson, Willis George
Beyond that again is a lens which throws an enlarged image of the aperture on the screen, which we may call our mock sun.
From Colour Measurement and Mixture by Abney, W. de W.
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