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   Mi·rage

   /məˈräZH/

   

   noun

   • 1. an optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions, especially the appearance of a sheet of water in a desert or on a hot road caused by the refraction of light from the sky by heated air: "the surface of the road ahead rippled in the heat mirages"
   • ▪ something that appears real or possible but is not in fact so: "the notion that the public is pro-business is a mirage"

   Word Origin early 19th century: from French, from se mirer ‘be reflected’, from Latin mirare ‘look at’.

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   What is a mirage in physics?

   • A mirage is a naturally-occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays bend via refraction to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky. The word comes to English via the French (se) mirer, from the Latin mirari, meaning "to look at, to wonder at".

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   What is a mirage in a desert?

   • Next time you’re traveling in the desert, make sure you carry plenty of water. That enticing pool of water you see far away in the distance may be a mirage, or an optical illusion. A mirage is created when light is distorted by layers of hot air. A mirage that looks like a body of water is actually an image of the sky.

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   mirage: [noun] an optical (see optical 2a) effect that is sometimes seen at sea, in the desert, or over a hot pavement, that may have the appearance of a pool of water or a mirror in which distant objects are seen inverted, and that is caused by the bending or reflection of rays of light by a layer of heated air of varying density.

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   MIRAGE definition: 1. an image, produced by very hot air, of something that seems to be far away but does not really…. Learn more.

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   Mirage definition: an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air..

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   Mirage. Various kinds of mirages in one location taken over the course of six minutes, not shown in chronological order. [a] A mirage is a naturally-occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays bend via refraction to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky. [1] The word comes to English via the French (se) mirer, from the ...

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   MIRAGE meaning: 1. an image, produced by very hot air, of something that seems to be far away but does not really…. Learn more.

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   mirage: 1 n an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects Types: fata morgana a mirage in the Strait of Messina (attributed to the Arthurian sorcerer Morgan le Fay) Type of: optical illusion an optical phenomenon that results in a false or deceptive visual ...

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   Britannica Dictionary definition of MIRAGE. [count] 1. : something (such as a pool of water in the middle of a desert) that is seen and appears to be real but that is not actually there. 2. : something that you hope for or want but that is not possible or real. A peaceful solution proved to be a mirage.