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halo noun

  /ˈheɪloʊ/ , /ˈheɪləʊ/
  • A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
  • Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
Halo
  • The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
Halo, Nimbus
  • (religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
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Halo noun {m}

Halo, Halonen/Halos   /ˈhaːlo/
  • Physik, Geophysik, Meteorologie: ein atmosphärischer Lichteffekt, der durch Brechung oder Reflexion an Eiskristallen entsteht
  • Astronomie: ein Bereich, der eine Galaxie umgibt
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