diamond ring effect: Meaning and Definition of

dia'mond ring' effect"

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— Astron. Astron.
  1. a phenomenon, sometimes observed immediately before and after a total eclipse of the sun, in which one of Baily's beads is much brighter than the others, resembling a diamond ring around the moon.
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