English Explanatory Dictionary

mountain spectre

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An optical phenomenon sometimes seen on the summits of mountains when the observer is between the Sun and a mass of cloud or fog. The figures of the observer and surrounding objects are seen projected on the cloud, greatly enlarged and often encircled by rainbow colours.

Word forms

mountain spectre mountain spectres

Synonyms

Brocken spectre
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