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Meaning of circumhorizontal arc | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An optical phenomenon, a large, brightly spectrum-coloured band running parallel to the horizon, formed by the refraction of sunlight or moonlight in plate-shaped ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere, typically in cirrus or cirrostratus clouds.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

circumin circumincession circuminsession circumjacence circumjacency Circumjacent

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