sun pillar: Meaning and Definition of

sun' pil"lar

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— Astron. Astron.
  1. a halo phenomenon in which a vertical streak of light appears above and below the sun, believed to be caused by the reflection of sunlight by ice crystals with vertical axes. Cf.
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