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mirage [mɪˈrɑːʒ] n 1. (Physics / General Physics) an image of a distant object or sheet of water, often inverted or distorted, caused by atmospheric refraction by hot air 2. something illusory [from French, from (se) mirer to be reflected]
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mirage noun illusion, vision, hallucination, pipe dream, chimera, optical illusion, phantasm Through my half-closed eyelids I began to see mirages. Translations mirage n mirage [ˈmiraːʒ, (especially American ) miˈra:ʒ] an illusion of an area of water in the desert or on a road etc. lugspieëling سَراب мираж fata morgana luftspejling; fata morgana die Luftspiegelung αντικατοπτρισμός, οφθαλμαπάτη espejismo kangastus سراب kangastus mirage חֶזיוֹן תַעתוּעִים मृग मरीचिका fata morgana délibáb fatamorgana hillingar, tíbrá miraggio しんきろう 신기루 miražas mirāža logamaya luchtspiegeling luftspeiling, fata morgana, hildring fatamorgana, złudzenie miragem miraj мираж fatamorgána privid fatamorgana hägring ภาพลวงตา serap 海市蜃樓 міраж سراب ảo ảnh 海市蜃楼 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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That is a mirage, cheap mirage, revolting, romantic and fantastical--that's another ball on Lake Como. Yet there has always been this essential difference between them, that while the Buddhist regards the senses as windows looking out upon unreality and mirage, to the Taoist they are doors through which the freed soul rushes to mingle with the colours and tones and contours of the universe. Waste forces within him, and a desert all around, this man stood still on his way across a silent terrace, and saw for a moment, lying in the wilderness before him, a mirage of honourable ambition, self-denial, and perseverance. |
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