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aureole
au·re·ole O0121800 (ôr′ē-ōl′) also au·re·o·la (ô-rē′ə-lə)n.1. A circular or oval light surrounding the head or body of a representation of a deity or holy person; a halo. 2. Astronomy See corona.
[Middle English, from Late Latin (corōna) aureola, golden (crown), feminine of Latin aureolus, golden, from aureus, from aurum, gold.]aureole (ˈɔːrɪˌəʊl) or aureolan1. (Art Terms) (esp in paintings of Christian saints and the deity) a border of light or radiance enveloping the head or sometimes the whole of a figure represented as holy2. a less common word for halo3. (Astronomy) another name for corona2[C13: from Old French auréole, from Medieval Latin (corōna) aureola golden (crown), from Latin aureolus golden, from aurum gold]au•re•ole (ˈɔr iˌoʊl) also au•re•o•la (ɔˈri ə lə, əˈri-)
n., pl. -oles also -o•las. 1. a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure of a sacred personage. 2. any encircling ring of light or color; halo. 3. corona (def. 2). 4. a zone of altered country rock around an igneous intrusion. [1175–1225; Middle English < Latin aureola (corona) golden (crown)] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  aureole - the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipsecoronanimbus, nimbus cloud, rain cloud - a dark grey cloud bearing rainglowing, radiance, glow - the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface | | 2. |  aureole - an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saintgloriole, halo, nimbus, aura, glorylightness, light - the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures; "he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark" |
TranslationsHeiligenscheinKoronaauréoleaureolaraggieraaureole
aureole, in art: see nimbusnimbus
, in art, the luminous disk or circle or other indication of light around the head of a sacred personage. It was used in Buddhist and other Asian art and by the early Greeks and Romans to designate gods and heroes and appeared in Christian art in the 5th cent.
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aureole (ôr`ēōl'), in physics, luminous circle seen when the sun or other bright light is observed through a diffuse medium, i.e., smoke, thin cloud, fog, haze, or mist. It sometimes occurs as a series of concentric circles. The aureole results from the dispersion of light by particles of dust or water. Because of the refraction of the light waves, it exhibits color in varying intensities. In geology, an aureole zone is where rocks show the effect of contacting intruding, hot igneous rock, also called contact metamorphismmetamorphism,
in geology, process of change in the structure, texture, or composition of rocks caused by agents of heat, deforming pressure, shearing stress, hot, chemically active fluids, or a combination of these, acting while the rock being changed remains essentially in the
..... Click the link for more information. .aureole[′ȯr·ē‚ōl] (geology) A ring-shaped contact zone surrounding an igneous intrusion. Also known as contact aureole; contact zone; exomorphic zone; metamorphic aureole; metamorphic zone; thermal aureole. (meteorology) A poorly developed corona in the atmosphere characterized by a bluish-white disk immediately around the luminous celestial body, as around the sun or moon in the fog. aureoleA pointed oval frame or glory around the head or body of a sacred figure; the radiance surrounding it. (See illustration p. 66.)aureole, aureola1. (esp in paintings of Christian saints and the deity) a border of light or radiance enveloping the head or sometimes the whole of a figure represented as holy 2. another name for coronaaureole
Related to aureole: metamorphic aureoleSynonyms for aureolenoun the outermost region of the sun's atmosphereSynonymsRelated Words- nimbus
- nimbus cloud
- rain cloud
- glowing
- radiance
- glow
noun an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saintSynonyms- gloriole
- halo
- nimbus
- aura
- glory
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