Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

circumhorizontal arc

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cir-cum-hor-i-zon-tal arc
IPA

39

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

circumhorizontal arcs (plural)

Synonyms

fire rainbow

Questions

What does circumhorizontal arc mean?: 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.

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