Meaning of FATA MORGANA
| Pronunciation: | | `fâtu mowr'gânu
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[n] a mirage in the Strait of Messina (attributed to the Arthurian sorcerer Morgan le Fay) |
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| | See Also: | | mirage | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fa"ta Mor*ga"na\ [It.; -- so called because this
phenomenon was looked upon as the work of a fairy (It. fata)
of the name of Morg['a]na. See {Fairy}.]
A kind of mirage by which distant objects appear inverted,
distorted, displaced, or multiplied. It is noticed
particularly at the Straits of Messina, between Calabria and
Sicily.
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| | Related Terms: | | autoluminescence, bioluminescence, cathode luminescence, chemicoluminescence, chemiluminescence, corposant, crystalloluminescence, double corposant, electroluminescence, fluorescence, fox fire, ignis fatuus, looming, luciferase, luciferin, luminescence, luminophor, marshfire, mirage, noctiluscence, phosphor, phosphorescence, photoluminescence, radioluminescence, thermoluminescence, tribofluorescence, triboluminescence, tribophosphorescence, wisp, witch fire |
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