plural of mirage

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mirage

An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water. / (figuratively) An illusion.

(transitive) To cause to appear as or like a mirage.

simple past tense and past participle of mirage

present participle of mirage

plural of gravitational mirage

A distorted or false image of a distant galaxy (e.g. an image of a distant galaxy as a ring, or as multiple copies of itself) caused by a gravitational lens (a massive object located between the distant galaxy and the viewer, which alters how the light of the distant galaxy reaches the viewer).

A city in Riverside County, California, United States.