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Princeton's WordNet

  1. auroraladjective

    of or relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras

    "a prominent green line in the spectrum of the auroras is called the `auroral line'"

  2. auroral, auroreanadjective

    characteristic of the dawn

    "a dim auroral glow"

Wiktionary

  1. auroraladjective

    Pertaining to the dawn; dawning, eastern, like a new beginning.

  2. auroraladjective

    Rosy in colour, blushing, roseate.

  3. auroraladjective

    Pertaining to the aurora borealis.

  4. Etymology: From aurora + -al.

Wikipedia

  1. auroral

    An aurora (PL: auroras or aurorae), also commonly known as the polar lights, is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly seen in high-latitude regions (around the Arctic and Antarctic). Auroras display dynamic patterns of brilliant lights that appear as curtains, rays, spirals, or dynamic flickers covering the entire sky.Auroras are the result of disturbances in the magnetosphere caused by the solar wind. Major disturbances result from enhancements in the speed of the solar wind from coronal holes and coronal mass ejections. These disturbances alter the trajectories of charged particles in the magnetospheric plasma. These particles, mainly electrons and protons, precipitate into the upper atmosphere (thermosphere/exosphere). The resulting ionization and excitation of atmospheric constituents emit light of varying colour and complexity. The form of the aurora, occurring within bands around both polar regions, is also dependent on the amount of acceleration imparted to the precipitating particles. Most of the planets in the Solar System, some natural satellites, brown dwarfs, and even comets also host auroras.

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  1. auroral

    Auroral refers to anything related to or resembling an aurora, which is a natural electric phenomenon characterized by the appearance of streamers or arches of light in the sky, usually near the northern or southern magnetic pole. This spectacular light show is also known as the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) or Southern Lights (Aurora Australis).

Webster Dictionary

  1. Auroraladjective

    belonging to, or resembling, the aurora (the dawn or the northern lights); rosy

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Auroral in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Auroral in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Auroral in a Sentence

  1. Alistair McLean:

    The vast majority of auroras occur in a band known as the Auroral Zone, this band can expand when solar activity is high.

  2. Steven Miller:

    This is a very interesting observation, my first reaction when seeing the pictures were that those might be atmospheric gravity waves that are being highlighted by the auroral activity it appears that this is the hypothesis of the authors as well.

  3. Gregg Hallinan:

    As the electrons spiral down toward the atmosphere, they produce radio emissions, and then when they hit the atmosphere, they excite hydrogen in a process that occurs at Earth and other planets, we now know that this kind of auroral behavior is extending all the way from planets up to brown dwarfs.

  4. Heidi Hammel:

    By monitoring auroral activity on exoplanets, we may be able to infer the presence of water on or within an exoplanet, now, it's not going to be easy — it's not as easy as Ganymede and Jupiter, and that wasn't easy. It may require a much larger telescope than Hubble, it may require some future space telescope, but nevertheless, it's a tool now that we didn't have prior to this work that Joachim and his team have done.

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