halo
IPA: hˈeɪɫoʊ
noun
- 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.
- (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.
- Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
- (religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
- The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
- (advertising) The bias caused by the halo effect.
- (art, religion, iconography) a circular annulus ring, frequently luminous, often golden, floating above the head
- (medicine) A circular brace used to keep the head and neck in position.
- (motor racing) A rollbar placed in front of the driver, used to protect the cockpit of an open cockpit racecar.
- (informal) A member of the Angels Major League Baseball team.
- (automotive) Short for halo headlight. [(automotive) A kind of headlight arranged in a circular pattern.]
- (parachuting) Acronym of high altitude, low opening. A type of skydiving where one leaves the launch platform from a high altitude and opens the parachute at a very low altitude.
- Acronym of hazardous area life-support organization.
- (aviation) Acronym of high altitude, low orbiting.
verb
- (transitive) To encircle with a halo.
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Examples of "halo" in Sentences
- An aureole and halo surround her.
- Angels are winged and have halos.
- The man could see the halo behind the girl.
- Only the merest halo sanctifies her and the baby.
- The game is obviously deserving of the Halo 3 title.
- Psychologists blame what they call the "halo effect."
- The halo again predates the formation of the main nebula.
- The bloom of the main ring may be a beginning of the halo.
- The question was that the bag looked funny and the halo was pink.
- At rare occasions, they can actually reach the circumscribed halo.
- In the case of Halo and everywhere in the article it refers to light.
- The word halo most likely evolves from the Greek helias, meaning sun.
- The sooner the better while his halo is still glowing a tad … … … …. — kaye c.
- Yousef on Aug 14, 2008 if halo is such a shitty game, how come it is one of the few games played for money???
- But the halo is an uneasy fit, as nearly anyone whose familiarity with college basketball extends beyond a television screen would tell you.
- One way to remove this halo is to image another bright star in this mode, such as Vega, and subtract that halo from the one around Fomalhaut.
- Look at how the pleating in the Virgin's headdress and halo is matched by the pattern of the rocks behind her head: brilliant artificiality or naive conceit?
- Fuel depots, ship outfitting and material processing in halo orbits around Earth-Moon L1 places it at the top of our gravity well with easy access to everywhere.
- Halos: Also known as a nimbus, icebow or Gloriole, a halo is an optical phenomenon that appears near or around the Sun or Moon, and sometimes near other strong light sources such as street lights.