Definizione monolingua

halo

halo (third-person singular simple present halos, present participle haloing, simple past and past participle haloed)

1. (transitive) To encircle with a halo.

halo (plural halos or haloes)

1. (astronomy) 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.
2. (astronomy) A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
3. Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
4. (religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
5. The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.

Definizione dizionario halo

alone

	aureola
	luminous disc around the heads of saints

	nimbo
	luminous disc around the heads of saints

	Halo
	halo (video game series)

brillare di aureola

halo

nembo

Altri significati:

halo (optical phenomenon)

anything resembling the phenomenon

(religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.

halo (esp. in Christian art)

(transitive) To encircle with a halo.

The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.

Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.

(astronomy) A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.

(astronomy) 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.

encircle with a halo

atmospheric phenomenon