aurora
/əˈɹɔɹ.ə/ noun C1- An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere, creating coloured lights in the sky. It is usually named australis or borealis based on whether it is in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere respectively.
- The Roman goddess of the dawn, equivalent to the Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs).
- The dawn or early morning light itself; the first light of day.
Plural auroras
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A part of the good abbé’s words, however, were wholly incomprehensible to him; but, like the aurora which guides the navigator in northern latitudes, opened new vistas to the inquiring mind of the listener, and gave fantastic glimpses of new horizons, enabling him justly to estimate the delight an intellectual mind would have in following one so richly gifted as Faria along the heights of truth, where he was so much at home.
On clear evenings, the spectacular displays of the aurora australis provide a breathtaking compensation for the missing daylight.
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