Aurora
Au·ro·ra (ô rôr′ə, ə-)
noun pl. -·ras or -·rae--ē
- Rom. Myth. the goddess of dawn: identified with the Greek Eos
- the dawn
- aurora australis or aurora borealis
- any of various luminous phenomena, similar to the aurora borealis, in the atmosphere of a planet
Etymology: L, lit., dawn: for IE base see east
Au·ro·ra (ô rôr′ə, ə-)
Etymology: after the goddess Aurora, prob. because of pleasant connotations
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Etymology: after the goddess Aurora
Possessives
- behavior: First phone call building owners to the aurora's behavior.
Converse of object
- see: I do not recall ever seeing the aurora more active.
- cause: The magnetic disturbances can also dump particles from space into the upper air, where they cause auroras.
- observe: Until one observes an aurora of this intensity, it is difficult to appreciate the scale and speed of the constant changes in patterns.
- produce: This paper is a chronology of recent successes in producing artificial aurora, which have features unique to high latitudes.
- flicker: Season fanatics like the so-called flickering aurora the earth's some what damage if.
- spot: Read Full Article Aurora discovered on Mars The European Mars Express spacecraft has spotted an aurora in the Martian atmosphere.
Adjective modifier
- spectacular: Charged particles and energy, focused into the zone surrounding the magnetic poles, provide key scientific signals as well as spectacular auroras.
- diffuse: The sky also was lit by a diffuse background aurora.
- good: We had a lovely evening with the best aurora I have seen, and then the brightest stars.
- red: The FPI observes the red line aurora and airglow emission at 630nm wavelength.
- black: At apogee, the craft will be above it, seeing upgoing ions in the bright aurora and upgoing electrons in the black aurora.
- artificial: This paper is a chronology of recent successes in producing artificial aurora, which have features unique to high latitudes.
Modifies a noun
- borealis: The halo of aurora borealis on the globe lies a few degrees south of here, nearer to the Arctic Circle.
- australis: I felt this strongly when I saw the aurora australis from a yacht down at the South Pole.
- wisconsin: Only were all aurora health care wisconsin vitae have made wondered.
- glow: The cloud became well broken during the evening, with a moderate aurora glow observed at 2350 UTC.
- arch: A moderate aurora arch was first seen at 2100 UTC.
- care: Only were all aurora health care wisconsin vitae have made wondered.
Preposition: in
- atmosphere: Read Full Article Aurora discovered on Mars The European Mars Express spacecraft has spotted an aurora in the Martian atmosphere.
Then, rising with Aurora's light, The Muse invoked, sit down to write; Blot out, correct, insert, refine, Enlarge, diminish, interline.
See howAurora throws her fair Fresh-quilted colours through the air: Get up, sweet-slug-a-bed, and see The dew-bespangling herb and tree.
The frolic wind that breathes the spring, Zephyr with Aurora playing, As he met her once a-Maying, There on beds of violets blue, And fresh-blown roses washed in dew, Filled her with a daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair.
Browse dictionary entries near Aurora
- aurochs
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- auriform
- auriferous
- auriculate
- auricular
- auricula
- auricle
- auric
- aurora australis
- aurora borealis
- aurous
- Aurungzeb
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- Auschwitz
- auscultate
- auscultation
- auslander
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