"circumhorizontal arc" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: circumhorizontal arcs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} circumhorizontal arc (plural circumhorizontal arcs)
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: circumhorizontal arc Synonyms: fire rainbow
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