Luminous mind — Part of a series on Buddhism Outline · Portal History Timeline · Councils … Wikipedia
Purkinje phenomenon — n a shift of the region of apparent maximal spectral luminosity from yellow with the light adapted eye toward violet with the dark adapted eye that is presumably associated with predominance of cone vision in bright and rod vision in dim… … Medical dictionary
Halo (optical phenomenon) — A halo (unicode|ἅλως; also known as a nimbus, icebow or Gloriole) is an optical phenomenon that appears near or around the Sun or Moon, and sometimes near other strong light sources such as street lights. There are many types of optical halos,… … Wikipedia
meteor and meteoroid — ▪ astronomy Introduction respectively, a glowing streak in the sky (meteor) and its cause, which is a relatively small stony or metallic natural object from space (meteoroid) that enters Earth s atmosphere and heats to incandescence. In modern… … Universalium
nature worship — nature worshiper. 1. a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena. 2. love of nature. [1865 70] * * * ▪ religion Introduction system of religion based on the veneration of natural phenomena for… … Universalium
Upper-atmospheric lightning — is an obsolete term that is no longer used by researchers to refer to a family of electrical breakdown phenomena that occurs well above the altitudes of normal lightning. Current usage favors Transient Luminous Event (TLE) to refer to one of the… … Wikipedia
Dieter Jung (artist) — Dieter Jung Born 1941 Bad Wildungen Awards 1965/66 Fellowship by Institut Français for the École des Beaux Arts Paris. 1967 The German National Merit Foundation (Studienst … Wikipedia
meteor — [mēt′ē ər, mēt′ē ôr΄] n. [ME < ML meteorum < Gr meteōron, pl. meteōra, things in the air < meteōros, lifted up, in air < meta, beyond (see META ) + eōra, a hovering in the air (akin to aeirein, to lift up)] 1. the luminous phenomenon… … English World dictionary
aurora — noun (plural auroras or aurorae) Etymology: Latin more at east Date: 14th century 1. dawn 2. capitalized the Roman goddess of dawn compare Eos 3. a luminous … New Collegiate Dictionary
body photism — A term used to denote a type of *photism (i.e. a hallucinated patch of light) consisting of a light emanating from one s own body. Body pho tism has occasionally been reported in association with * out of body experiences. It should not be… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
