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What (who) is mirage - definition

NATURALLY OCCURRING OPTICAL PHENOMENON

Highway mirage; Asphalt mirage; Hot road mirage; Road mirage; Heat haze; Heat shimmer; Inferior mirage; Superior mirage; Draft:Mirage; Heat illusion

$A schematic of an inferior mirage, showing a) the unrefracted [[line of sight]], b) the refracted line of sight and c) the apparent position of the refracted image.$

mirage

Minimum Information Required About a Glycomics Experiment (MIRAGE); MIRAGE

['m?r?:?, m?'r?:?]

¦ 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.

2. an unrealistic hope or wish that cannot be achieved.

Origin

C19: from Fr., from se mirer 'be reflected', from L. mirare 'look at'.

Mirage

Minimum Information Required About a Glycomics Experiment (MIRAGE); MIRAGE

·noun 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; when the reflecting surface is above the eye, the image is seen projected against the sky. The fata Morgana and looming are species of mirage.

mirage

Minimum Information Required About a Glycomics Experiment (MIRAGE); MIRAGE

n.

1) to see a mirage

2) a mirage disappears

Wikipedia

Mirage

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".

Mirages can be categorized as "inferior" (meaning lower), "superior" (meaning higher) and "Fata Morgana", one kind of superior mirage consisting of a series of unusually elaborate, vertically stacked images, which form one rapidly-changing mirage.

In contrast to a hallucination, a mirage is a real optical phenomenon that can be captured on camera, since light rays are actually refracted to form the false image at the observer's location. What the image appears to represent, however, is determined by the interpretive faculties of the human mind. For example, inferior images on land are very easily mistaken for the reflections from a small body of water.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirage

Examples of use of mirage

1. His supporters include Paul Mirage, who together with brother David leads the Mirage investment fund.

2. EL MIRAGE, Arizona (Reuters) – President George W.

3. LAS VEGAS –– MGM Mirage officials are investigating the death of a dolphin at an aquatic habitat at The Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip.

4. Some 5,800 people are employed at the Mirage alone.

5. Even if it‘s only a mirage, Stern will capture it.