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Fata morgana
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What's The Definition Of Fata morgana?
[n] a mirage in the Strait of Messina (attributed to the Arthurian sorcerer Morgan le Fay)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Fata morgana: Related Terms | Find terms related to Fata morgana: 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 See Also | mirage Fata morgana In Webster's Dictionary \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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