Definition of "parhelia" []

• Plural of parhelion. (noun)

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• "Flanking it both left and right were two brilliant, comet-shaped rainbow-colored sun dogs or mock suns (technically known as parhelia from Greek words meaning "beside the sun")."
• "| Reply matrox had a gaming video card out a few years ago called the parhelia that supported three monitors. if i’m remembering correctly it got creamed by the radeon 9700 in benchmarks and not all games supported it. in quake 3 you had to change your fov to stretch all the way, but you had an almost perfect field of vision."
• "Sun Dogs: Also known as parhelia (beside the sun) or mock suns, sun dogs can appear as part of an “ice bow”."