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 Definitions of HALO  [ˈheɪ loʊ]  

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Definition of 'HALO' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) halo
something suggesting such a light or shape.

2.  halo
any of a variety of bright circles or arcs centered on the sun or moon, caused by the refraction or reflection of light by ice crystals suspended in the earth's atmosphere

3. (v.t.) halo
to surround with a halo.

4. (v.i.) halo
to form a halo.

Etymology:  (1555–65; < L, acc. of halōs circle round sun or moon < Gk hálōs orig., disk, threshing floor)

Definition of 'HALO' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) aura, aureole, halo, nimbus, glory, gloriole
an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint

2. (noun) ring, halo, annulus, doughnut, anchor ring
a toroidal shape
"a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke"

3. (noun) halo
a circle of light around the sun or moon


Definition of 'HALO' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) HALO
a luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through crystals of ice in the atmosphere. Connected with halos there are often white bands, crosses, or arches, resulting from the same atmospheric conditions

2. (noun) HALO
a circle of light; especially, the bright ring represented in painting as surrounding the heads of saints and other holy persons; a glory; a nimbus

3. (noun) HALO
an ideal glory investing, or affecting one's perception of, an object

4. (noun) HALO
a colored circle around a nipple; an areola

5.  HALO
to form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo


Translation of 'HALO' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a ring of light round the sun or moon.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: ligkrans, halo Arabic flag Arabic: هالَة الشَّمس أو القَمَر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: ареола
Brazilian flag Brazilian: halo Czech flag Czech: světelný kruh kolem slunc German flag German: der Hof
Danish flag Danish: korona; lysring Greek flag Greek: άλως (γύρω από το φεγγάρι Spanish flag Spanish: halo
Estonian flag Estonian: halo Farsi flag Farsi: هاله Finnish flag Finnish: valokehä
French flag French: halo Hebrew flag Hebrew: הִילָה Hindi flag Hindi: आभा मण्डल
Croatian flag Croatian: kolut oko Sunca i Mjeseca Hungarian flag Hungarian: (nap)gyűrű; fényudvar Indonesian flag Indonesian: lingkaran cahaya
Icelandic flag Icelandic: rosabaugur Italian flag Italian: alone Japanese flag Japanese: かさ
Korean flag Korean: (해, 달의 주위에 나타나는) 무리 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: ratilas (aplink saulę ar Latvian flag Latvian: (Saules, Mēness) apdārzs
Malay flag Malay: halo Dutch flag Dutch: stralenkrans Norwegian flag Norwegian: sol-/månering
Polish flag Polish: otoczka, pierścień Persian flag Persian: هاله Pashto flag Pashto: شپول ( دسپوږمۍلمر)، تربل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: halo Romanian flag Romanian: nimb Russian flag Russian: гало
Slovak flag Slovak: halo, kruh (okolo Slnka a Slovenian flag Slovenian: obstret Serbian flag Serbian: korona
Swedish flag Swedish: sol-, mångård Thai flag Thai: ทรงกลด Turkish flag Turkish: hale, ayla
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 日月的光環 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: гало; сяючий круг Urdu flag Urdu: ہالئہ نور
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: quầng (mặt trăng; mặt trờ Chinese flag Chinese: (环绕日月的)晕轮,光环

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'HALO' - Nearby Entries  

halo  halogeton  halogeton glomeratus  halogeton souda  halon  haloperidol  halophile  



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