min min light
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An unexplained light reportedly appearing in the sky in remote parts of Australia, especially northwest Queensland, possibly caused by reflections of distant light in the dry air conditions.
Australian usage
Example Sentences
- "Min-min lights are usually seen during the winter, for example, when cold-air inversions abound. This, and his artificial min-min, seemed to confirm the theory."
- "Then, once a man was talking about his outdoor work, he got around to speaking about the mysteries of the min-min light and who saw it where."
- "Neuroscientist, Professor Jack Pettigrew, of the University of Queensland claims the Min Min lights are an inverted mirage of light sources hundreds of miles away, caused by a temperature inversion when cold dense air is trapped near the ground to be refracted so that it travels a curved path around the globe."
- "“You′ve heard of Min Min lights?” She grinned. “Sure.” The strange appearance of those lights in the outback was legendary.[…] “Min Min lights were part of Aboriginal folklore long before modern day sightings made them famous,” Jack said."
- "Travellers camping out on the plains may witness a glowing light that seems to hover eerily across the vast landscape – the unexplained Min Min Lights that have been shrouded in mystery for over 100 years."