meaning of apparition
1. The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
2. The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
3. An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom.
4. The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation.
5. an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white
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