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Definition of Mirage

Mirage An optical effect, sometimes seen on the ocean, but more frequently in deserts, due to total reflection of light at the surface common to two strata of air differently heated. The reflected image is seen, commonly in an inverted position, while the real object may or may not be in sight. When the surface is horizontal, and below the eye, the appearance is that of a sheet of water in which the object is seen reflected; when the reflecting surface is above the eye, the image is seen projected against the sky. The fata Morgana and looming are species of mirage. Related Definitions: Above, Against, Air, An, And, Appearance, Are, At, Be, Below, But, Common, Commonly, Differently, Due, Effect, Eye, Frequently, Heated, Horizontal, Image, In, Inverted, Is, Looming, Light, May, Mirage, More, Not, Object, Ocean, Of, On, Optical, Or, Position, Projected, Real, Reflected, Reflecting, Reflection, Seen, Sheet, Sight, Sky, Sometimes, Species, Strata, Surface, That, The, To, Total, Two, Water, When, Which, While

Mirage Quotations I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while. Naguib Mahfouz I lost $35,000 in less than a week at the Mirage in Las Vegas. Dennis Rodman Marriage: A word which should be pronounced "mirage". Herbert Spencer Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance. Will Durant

Mirage Translations mirage in Dutch is luchtspiegeling, fata morgana mirage in French is mirage mirage in German is Luftspiegelung

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