Halo Definition
hālō
haloed, haloes, haloing, halos
noun
haloes, halos
A ring or disk resembling the halo of a sacred figure.
American Heritage
A symbolic disk or ring of light shown around or above the head of a saint, etc., as in pictures; nimbus.
Webster's New World
A ring of light that seems to encircle the sun, moon, or other luminous body: it results from the refraction of light through ice crystals in our atmosphere.
Webster's New World
The splendor or glory with which a famed, revered, or idealized person or thing is invested.
Webster's New World
A spherical distribution of stars and star clusters extending beyond the main body of certain galaxies, as the Milky Way.
Webster's New World
verb
haloed, haloes, haloing, halos
To encircle with a halo.
Webster's New World
prefix
Salt.
Halophyte.
American Heritage
Halogen.
Halocarbon.
American Heritage
affix
Of the sea.
Halobiont.
Webster's New World
Having to do with a salt.
Halophyte.
Webster's New World
Having to do with a halogen.
Haloid.
Webster's New World
abbreviation
(aviation, parachuting) High Altitude, Low Opening. — a type of skydiving, where you leave the launch platform from a high altitude, and open the parachute at a very low altitude.
When you have enough experience, you can do a HALO jump.
Wiktionary
Hazardous Area Life-Support Organisation.
Wiktionary
HALO also means High Altitude, Low Orbiting. As used in reference to certain aviation crafts. For example, weather balloons, when at maximum altitude are considered HALO's.
Wiktionary
Origin of Halo
Medieval Latin halō from accusative of Latin halōs from Greek threshing floor, disk of or around the sun or moon
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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French from Greek from hals hal- salt, sea sal- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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