Aurora

[ɔː'rɔːrə] or [ɔ'rɔrə]

Definition

(noun.) (Roman mythology) goddess of the dawn; counterpart of Greek Eos.

(noun.) an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force.

Checker: Olivier--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises.

(n.) The rise, dawn, or beginning.

(n.) 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.

(n.) A species of crowfoot.

(n.) The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or southern lights).

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. (Mythol.) Goddess of Morning.[2]. Daybreak, dawn, morning, morn, sunrise, break of day, opening of day, peep of day, first blush of the morning.

Editor: Percival

Definition

n. the dawn: in poetry the goddess of dawn.—adjs. Aurō′ral Aurō′rean.—adv. Aurō′rally.

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