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Halo
/ˈheɪləʊ/
A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
📖 Definitions of "Halo"
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A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
- 2
A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
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Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
- 4
Nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
- 1
To encircle with a halo.
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