Auroral

Definition: Auroral

Auroral

Adjective

1. Of or relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras; "a prominent green line in the spectrum of the auroras is called the `auroral line'".

2. Characteristic of the dawn; "a dim auroral glow".

Date "auroral" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references)

Synonym: Auroral

Synonym: aurorean (adj). (additional references)

Crosswords: Auroral

English words defined with "auroral": aurorean ♦ Isochasmic. (references)

Specialty definitions using "auroral": auroral absorption, Auroral acceleration, auroral arc, auroral band, auroral corona, auroral curtain, auroral drapery, Auroral electrojet, auroral oval, auroral path, auroral ray, auroral zone ♦ Birkeland currents ♦ Diffuse aurora, Dynamics Explorer ♦ Electrojets, auroral ♦ International Polar Year ♦ Magnetic latitude, Magnetic Storms and Substorms ♦ Southern/Northern Lights. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Auroral" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Portuguese (auroral).

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Auroral Rocket (1964)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Auroral phenomena : experiments and theory (reference) Auroral Physics (reference) Auroral Plasma Dynamics (Geophysical Monograph, Vol 80) (reference) From the Auroral Darkness (reference) Physics of Auroral Arc Formation (Geophysical Monograph #25) (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Auroral Belt (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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	Volcanic hot spots and auroral emissions on Io. Credit: NASA.		Aurora Australis - surrealistic view of South Pole station with auroral curtain and exhaust emanating in curved line fro. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Cosette was a condensation of auroral light in womanly form.
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"Auroral" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Auroral" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	5	157,705

Expressions using "auroral": auroral absorption ♦ auroral arc ♦ auroral band ♦ auroral belt ♦ auroral corona ♦ auroral curtain ♦ auroral drapery ♦ auroral hiss ♦ auroral oval ♦ auroral path ♦ auroral ray ♦ auroral zone ♦ Dual Auroral Radar Network. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "auroral"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		mëngjesor (morning), bojëtrëndafil (rose). (various references)

Bulgarian		утринен (matutinal, morning, rathe), възрозов (pinkish), начален (elemental, embryo, inceptive, incipient, infantile, initial, initiative, initiatory, introductory, opening, original), източен (easterly, eastern, eastward, leggy, oriental, reedy, threadlike). (various references)

Chinese		极光. (various references)

Danish		aurorazone (auroral zone), aurorakrone (auroral corona), transmissionsvej gennem polarlyszone (auroral path), polarlyszone (auroral belt, auroral zone), polarlys-forstyrrelser (auroral disturbance), polarlys-bredbaandsstoej (auroral hiss), polarlys-blackout (auroral blackout), nordlysoval (auroral oval), fremadskridende ionosfærisk forstyrrelse (the atmospheric gravity waves originating at the auroral oval or at the terminator with speeds of 1000 km/hour over the Earth's surface, traveling ionospheric disturbance, travelling ionospheric disturbance), dæmpning af radiobølger i nordlysovalen (auroral absorption). (various references)

Dutch		zwervende ionosferische verstoring (the atmospheric gravity waves originating at the auroral oval or at the terminator with speeds of 1000 km/hour over the Earth's surface, traveling ionospheric disturbance, travelling ionospheric disturbance), witte ruis ten gevolge van poollicht (auroral hiss), TID (Terminal Identification Number, the atmospheric gravity waves originating at the auroral oval or at the terminator with speeds of 1000 km/hour over the Earth's surface, traveling ionospheric disturbance, travelling ionospheric disturbance), storing ten gevolge van poollicht (auroral disturbance), propagatieweg door poollichtgordel (auroral path), poollichtkroon (auroral corona), poollichtgordel (auroral belt, auroral zone), poollichtgebied (auroral zone), dageraadabsorptie (auroral absorption), blackout ten gevolge van poollicht (auroral blackout). (various references)

Finnish		revontulivyöhyke (auroral belt, auroral zone), revontulivaimennus (auroral absorption), revontulitie (auroral path), revontulipimennys (auroral blackout), revontulikohina (auroral hiss), revontulikehä (auroral corona), revontulien aiheuttama häiriö (auroral disturbance), ionosfäärinen syöksyhäiriö (the atmospheric gravity waves originating at the auroral oval or at the terminator with speeds of 1000 km/hour over the Earth's surface, traveling ionospheric disturbance, travelling ionospheric disturbance). (various references)

French		absorption aurorale (auroral absorption), arc auroral (auroral arc), particules aurorales (auroral particles), évanouissement auroral (auroral blackout), bande aurorale (auroral band), bande d'aurore (auroral band), couronne aurorale (auroral corona), électron auroral (auroral electron), ovale auroral (auroral oval), zone aurorale (auroral belt, auroral zone), perturbation due aux aurores boréales (auroral disturbance), perturbation ionosphérique itinérante (the atmospheric gravity waves originating at the auroral oval or at the terminator with speeds of 1000 km/hour over the Earth's surface), rayon auroral (auroral ray), rideau auroral (auroral curtain, auroral drapery), souffle auroral (auroral hiss), trajet auroral (auroral path), draperie aurorale (auroral curtain, auroral drapery). (various references)

German		rosig (rosy, sunny). (various references)

Greek		συρισμός λόγω σέλαος (auroral hiss), σελαϊκό στέμμα (auroral corona), σελαϊκή ζώνη (auroral zone), σελαϊκή απορρόφηση (auroral absorption), πλήρης διακοπή ραδιοεπικοινωνιών στη ζώνη σέλαος (auroral blackout), πολικό στέμμα (auroral corona), ωοειδές σέλλας (auroral oval), ωοειδές του σέλλατος (auroral oval), ζώνη σέλαος (auroral belt, auroral zone), ζώνη πολικού σέλαος (auroral belt), οδεύουσα ιονοσφαιρική διατάραξη (the atmospheric gravity waves originating at the auroral oval or at the terminator with speeds of 1000 km/hour over the Earth's surface, traveling ionospheric disturbance, travelling ionospheric disturbance), διαταραχή λόγω σέλαος (auroral disturbance), διαδρομή πολικού σέλαος (auroral path). (various references)

Hungarian		hajnali. (various references)

Italian		zona aurorale (auroral belt, auroral zone), soffio dell'aurora (auroral hiss), perturbazione della ionosfera in movimento (the atmospheric gravity waves originating at the auroral oval or at the terminator with speeds of 1000 km/hour over the Earth's surface, traveling ionospheric disturbance, travelling ionospheric disturbance), perturbazione aurorale (auroral disturbance), percorso aurorale (auroral path), evanescenza aurorale (auroral blackout), elettrone aurorale (auroral electron), corona aurorale (auroral corona). (various references)

Manx		lossanagh (aglow, blazing, bright, flaming, flaring, genial, impassioned, inflamed, inflammable, luminous, phosphorescent, varnish). (various references)

Pig Latin		auroralay

Portuguese		auroral, rosado (florid, flush, pinkish, pinky, roseate, rose-colored, rose-coloured, rosy, ruddy), radiante (effulgent, lucid, overjoyed, radiant, shining), luminoso (bright, clear, enlightening, illuminating, illuminative, light, lightsome, lucent, lucid, luminous, self-luminous). (various references)

Romanian		de dimineaţã (antemeridian, matutinal, morning). (various references)

Russian		утренний (antemeridian, matutinal, morning). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		rumen kao zora, jutarnji (matinal, morning). (various references)

Spanish		absorción auroral (auroral absorption), zona de las auroras (auroral zone), zona auroral (auroral zone), silbido auroral (auroral hiss), perturbación ionosférica itinerante (the atmospheric gravity waves originating at the auroral oval or at the terminator with speeds of 1000 km/hour over the Earth's surface, traveling ionospheric disturbance, travelling ionospheric disturbance), perturbación debida a las auroras boreales (auroral disturbance), partículas aurorales (auroral particles), electrón auroral (auroral electron), desvanecimiento auroral (auroral blackout), corona de la aurora (auroral corona), cinturón auroral (auroral belt), camino auroral (auroral path), óvalo auroral (auroral oval). (various references)

Swedish		aurorakorona (auroral corona), sydskenszon (auroral belt), sydskenssträcka (auroral path), norrskenszon (auroral belt), norrskenssträcka (auroral path). (various references)

Ukrainian		сяючий (alight, beaming, beamy, coruscating, fulgent, irradiant, radiant, refulgent, sheeny, shining, splendid), уранішній, світанковий (antemeridian), рум'яний (blushful, high-colored, high-coloured, red, red-faced, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine), рожевий (incarnadine, pink, pinky, rose colored, rose coloured, roseate, rosy), ранковий (antemeridian, matutinal, rathe), викликаний полярним сяйвом. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "auroral" (pronounced erô"rul)
4	-ô" r u l	amoral, aural, Balmoral, boral, choral, coral, floral, goral, immoral, laurel, Loral, moral, oral, quarrel, Sorel, Sorrel.
3	-r u l	ancestral, antiviral, apparel, astral, austral, barrel, Beryl, Carle, Carol, carrel, cathedral, central, cerebral, feral, gambrel, imperil, integral, intramural, minstrel, mistral, mitral, mural, neural, neutral, nostril, octahedral, orchestral, peril, plural, rural, scoundrel, several, spiral, sterile, tetrahedral, ventral, vertebral, viral, virile.
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	Words within the letters "a-a-l-o-r-r-u"
	-1 letter: aurora.
	-2 letters: aural, aurar, laura, rural.
	-3 letters: alar, aura, lour, oral, orra, roar.
	-4 letters: aal, ala, lar, oar, ora, our.
	-5 letters: aa, al, ar, la, lo, or.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-l-o-r-r-u"
	+1 letter: oracular.
	+2 letters: rearousal.
	+3 letters: coloratura, curatorial, granulator, oracularly, rearousals.
	+4 letters: adulterator, articulator, barbarously, coloraturas, granulators, gratulatory, intraocular, nongranular, oracularity, overarousal, provascular, purgatorial.
	+5 letters: adulterators, articulators, articulatory, hyperarousal, macronuclear, overarousals, perambulator, renovascular, supraorbital.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
activity auroral	2
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Auroral

Definition: Auroral

Auroral

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Synonym: Auroral

Crosswords: Auroral

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