catflap.org Online Dictionary Query

  Aurora \Au*ro"ra\, n.; pl. E. Auroras, L. (rarely used)
     Auror[ae]. [L. aurora, for ausosa, akin to Gr. ?, ?, dawn,
     Skr. ushas, and E. east.]
     1. The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the
        redness of the sky just before the sun rises.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The rise, dawn, or beginning. --Hawthorne.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Class. Myth.) The Roman personification of the dawn of
        day; the goddess of the morning. The poets represented her
        a rising out of the ocean, in a chariot, with rosy fingers
        dropping gentle dew.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Bot.) A species of crowfoot. --Johnson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or
        southern lights).
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Aurora borealis, i. e., northern daybreak; popularly called
        northern lights. A luminous meteoric phenomenon, visible
        only at night, and supposed to be of electrical origin.
        This species of light usually appears in streams,
        ascending toward the zenith from a dusky line or bank, a
        few degrees above the northern horizon; when reaching
        south beyond the zenith, it forms what is called the
        corona, about a spot in the heavens toward which the
        dipping needle points. Occasionally the aurora appears as
        an arch of light across the heavens from east to west.
        Sometimes it assumes a wavy appearance, and the streams of
        light are then called merry dancers. They assume a variety
        of colors, from a pale red or yellow to a deep red or
        blood color. The
  
     Aurora australisis a corresponding phenomenon in the
        southern hemisphere, the streams of light ascending in the
        same manner from near the southern horizon.
        [1913 Webster]

  Aurora \Au*ro"ra\, n.; pl. E. Auroras, L. (rarely used)
     Auror[ae]. [L. aurora, for ausosa, akin to Gr. ?, ?, dawn,
     Skr. ushas, and E. east.]
     1. The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the
        redness of the sky just before the sun rises.
  
     2. The rise, dawn, or beginning. --Hawthorne.
  
     3. (Class. Myth.) The Roman personification of the dawn of
        day; the goddess of the morning. The poets represented her
        a rising out of the ocean, in a chariot, with rosy fingers
        dropping gentle dew.
  
     4. (Bot.) A species of crowfoot. --Johnson.
  
     5. The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or
        southern lights).
  
     Aurora borealis, i. e., northern daybreak; popularly called
        northern lights. A luminous meteoric phenomenon, visible
        only at night, and supposed to be of electrical origin.
        This species of light usually appears in streams,
        ascending toward the zenith from a dusky line or bank, a
        few degrees above the northern horizon; when reaching
        south beyond the zenith, it forms what is called the
        corona, about a spot in the heavens toward which the
        dipping needle points. Occasionally the aurora appears as
        an arch of light across the heavens from east to west.
        Sometimes it assumes a wavy appearance, and the streams of
        light are then called merry dancers. They assume a variety
        of colors, from a pale red or yellow to a deep red or
        blood color. The
  
     Aurora australisis a corresponding phenomenon in the
        southern hemisphere, the streams of light ascending in the
        same manner from near the southern horizon.

  aurora borealis
       n : the aurora of the northern hemisphere [syn: northern lights]

  aurora borealis
     n.
     The aurora of the northern hemisphere.

  aurora borealis
     n.
     The aurora of the northern hemisphere.

  aurora borealis
     n.
     The aurora of the northern hemisphere.

  aurora borealis
     n.
     The aurora of the northern hemisphere.

  aurora borealis
     Englanti n.
     pohjoisen pallonpuoliskon revontulet

  aurora borealis /ɐɹˈɔːɹə bˌɔːɹɪˈalɪs/
  severní polární záře

  aurora borealis /ɐɹˈɔːɹə bˌɔːɹɪˈalɪs/
  nördliches Polarlicht, Nordlicht 
           Note: Aurora borealis
     Synonyms: northern light, northlight
  
   see: aurora, aurora light, polar aurora, polar light, southern light, aurora australis, dayside aurora, discrete aurora, black aurora, Theta aurora
  

  aurora borealis /ɐɹˈɔːɹə bˌɔːɹɪˈalɪs/
  aurora na sjevernoj hemisferi, polarna svjetlost

  aurora borealis /ɐɹˈɔːɹə bˌɔːɹɪˈalɪs/
  északi fény

     n. 北极光