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Mirage Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Mirage? [n] something illusory and unattainable [n] an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects Synonyms \| Synonyms for Mirage: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Mirage: apparition \| appearance \| bafflement \| balk \| bamboozlement \| befooling \| betrayed hope \| blasted expectation \| blighted hope \| blow \| bluffing \| buffet \| calculated deception \| circumvention \| comedown \| conning \| cruel disappointment \| dash \| dashed hope \| deceiving \| deception \| deceptiveness \| defeat \| defrauding \| delusion \| delusiveness \| disappointment \| discomfiture \| disillusionment \| dissatisfaction \| dupery \| enmeshment \| ensnarement \| entanglement \| entrapment \| failure \| fallaciousness \| fallacy \| fallen countenance \| false image \| falseness \| fata morgana \| fiasco \| figure \| fizzle \| flimflam \| flimflammery \| foiling \| fond illusion \| fooling \| forlorn hope \| form \| frustration \| hallucination \| hoodwinking \| hope deferred \| illusion \| image \| kidding \| letdown \| looming \| outwitting \| overreaching \| phantasm \| phantom \| phasm \| phenomenon \| presence \| putting on \| self-deception \| setback \| shape \| snow job \| song and dance \| sore disappointment \| spoofery \| spoofing \| subterfuge \| swindling \| tantalization \| tease \| trickiness \| tricking \| victimization \| vision \| willful misconception \| wishful thinking See Also \| fata morgana \| misconception \| optical illusion Mirage In Webster's Dictionary \Mi`rage"\, n. [F., fr. mirer to look at carefully, to aim, se mirer to look at one's self in a glass, to reflect, to be reflected, LL. mirare to look at. See {Mirror}.] 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. By the mirage uplifted the land floats vague in the ether, Ships and the shadows of ships hang in the motionless air. --Longfellow.

Mirage Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mirage?

[n] something illusory and unattainable
[n] an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mirage:

See Also | fata morgana | misconception | optical illusion

Mirage In Webster's Dictionary

\Mi`rage"\, n. [F., fr. mirer to look at carefully, to
aim, se mirer to look at one's self in a glass, to reflect,
to be reflected, LL. mirare to look at. See {Mirror}.]
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.

      By the mirage uplifted the land floats vague in the
      ether, Ships and the shadows of ships hang in the
      motionless air.                          --Longfellow.

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