mountain spectre

noun

An optical phenomenon sometimes seen on the summits of mountains when the observer is between the Sun and a mass of cloud or fog. The figures of the observer and surrounding objects are seen projected on the cloud, greatly enlarged and often encircled by rainbow colours.

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Brocken spectre
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Meanings

nounmountain spectre (plural mountain spectres)

plural mountain spectres

  1. An optical phenomenon sometimes seen on the summits of mountains when the observer is between the Sun and a mass of cloud or fog. The figures of the observer and surrounding objects are seen projected on the cloud, greatly enlarged and often encircled by rainbow colours.

    Synonyms: Brocken spectre

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn optical phenomenon sometimes seen on the summits of mountains when the observer is between the Sun and a mass of cloud or fog. The figures of the observer and surrounding objects are seen projected on the cloud, greatly enlarged and often encircled by rainbow colours.

Similar
Brocken spectre
Also see
brocken bowbrocken spectre
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mountain spectre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountain%20spectre

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“mountain spectre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountain%20spectre. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mountain spectre,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mountain%20spectre.

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