aureole
- noun
- /ˈɔːriˌoʊl/
- Specialized
:
corona
- As the sun set, an aureole of glowing light appeared around the horizon, signaling the end of the day.
Examples
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In an 1879 issue of Nature, an Irish country gentleman named John Birmingham announced the GRS to the world as a "strange and beautiful feature like a flame-red elliptical cloud surrounded by a brilliant white aureole" south of the South Equatorial Belt (SEB).
Academic text (2000) -
The artist painted a halo-like aureole around the saint's head, giving the image a divine quality.
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But whilst we may be able to explain the science behind an aureole or the falling snow... ...it’s not possible to account for its beauty.
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A blue hue, a duskiness, extends over the mass and the aureole and touches the nipple.
Academic text (2002) -
His canonical bearded face, albeit partially hidden, nonetheless betrays his real identity, as does the radiant aureole spreading out from behind the top of his hat.
Academic text (2007) -
Her eyes follow the sun through the trees' elastic lacings to a fur aureole radiating above the animal's spine as it digs in the ground with its snout and paws.
Fiction book (2001) -
During the solar eclipse, the sun's outermost atmosphere created a stunning aureole that encircled the moon.
Synonyms
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8.3
The Sun's outer atmosphere seen as a white halo during an eclipse
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Aureole comes from the Latin words aurum ('gold') and aureolus ('golden') and is related to aura ('ring of light'), so the bright ring you see around the sun at an eclipse looks like a golden halo and is called an aureole.