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Mirage
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| Tamil Meaning | கானல் நீர், கானல்நீர், பொய்த்தோற்றம், காட்சி மாயம், பேய்த்தேர், பொய்த்தோற்றம்.
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| something illusory and unattainable / an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects / 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 / something you imagine you can see that is not really there, as when hot and thirsty travelers in the desert think they see water ahead / unreal reflection; optical illusion / 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. / 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 / something that you hope for or want but that is not possible or real, | |
| Usage | ⇒ The oasis was nothing but a mirage ⇒ The lost prospector was fooled by a mirage in the desert. ⇒ A peaceful solution proved to be a mirage. ⇒ The heat rippled watery mirages on the road, teasing my hot hand with illusory coolness. |
| Synonyms | illusion, hallucination, delusion, fantasy, vision, dream, phantasm, phantom, deception, fancy, apparition, chimera, ignis fatuus, error, day-dream, optical illusion, imagination, spectre, appearance, oasis, |
| Antonyms | actuality, creation, domain, certainty, cosmos, earth, existence, fact, globe, humanity, humans, macrocosm, man, mankind, naturalism, populace, realism, reality, realness, world, |
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