moonlight; lunar corona
Meanings
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moonlight (literary, poetic)
literaryLiterary or poetic term for moonlight, often evoking a serene or melancholic atmosphere.
The moonlight flowed like water, spilling across the courtyard.
He sat alone before the window, bathing in the cold, clear moonlight.
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The ancients often used moonlight to express their longing for home.
noun
lunar corona; colored halo around the moon caused by diffraction
technicalMeteorological term. The corona appears as a series of colored rings around the moon, with violet on the inside and red on the outside, caused by the diffraction of light by small water droplets or ice crystals in thin clouds. Distinct from the larger, whitish lunar halo (月晕).
The cloud layer is thin tonight, so you can see a clear lunar corona.
The appearance of the lunar corona indicates that the weather is about to change.
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This colored halo is what meteorology calls the lunar corona, characterized by violet on the inside and red on the outside.