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- Dictionarymirage/mɪˈrɑːʒ/
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"
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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.
The meaning of MIRAGE is an optical 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.
MIRAGE meaning: 1. an image, produced by very hot air, of something that seems to be far away but does not really…. Learn more.
noun. 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. something illusory, without substance or reality.
Definition of mirage noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you describe something as a mirage, you mean that it is not real or true, although it may seem to be. The girl was a mirage, cast up by his troubled mind. The objectivity of science is a mirage.
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. Even if you don’t spend much time in the desert, you may have noticed this phenomenon when driving on the highway on a hot day.
