ALL meanings of aureola
au·re·ole
A a - noun aureola a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage. 1
- noun aureola any encircling ring of light or color; halo. 1
- noun aureola Astronomy. corona (def 3). 1
- noun aureola Geology. a zone of altered country rock around an igneous intrusion. 1
- noun plural aureola a white or colored circle or set of concentric circles of light seen around a luminous body, especially around the sun or moon. 1
- noun plural aureola Meteorology. such a circle or set of circles having a small radius and ranging in color from blue inside to red outside, attributable to the diffraction caused by thin clouds, mist, or sometimes dust (distinguished from halo). 1
- noun plural aureola Also called aureola, aureole. Astronomy. a faintly luminous envelope outside of the sun's chromosphere, the inner part consisting of highly ionized elements. 1
- noun plural aureola a long, straight, untapered cigar, rounded at the closed end. 1
- noun plural aureola Botany. a crownlike appendage, especially one on the inner side of a corolla, as in the narcissus. 1
- noun plural aureola Anatomy. the upper portion or crown of a part, as of the head. 1
- noun plural aureola Electricity. corona discharge. 1
- noun plural aureola Architecture. the projecting, slablike member of a classical cornice supported by the bed molding or by modillions, dentils, etc., and supporting the cymatium. 1
- noun plural aureola the tonsure of a cleric. 1
- noun plural aureola Ecclesiastical. a gold-colored stripe around the lower edge of a clerical headdress, as of a miter. 1
- noun plural aureola a chandelier of wrought metal, having the form of one or more concentric hoops. 1
- noun aureola Radiance of luminous cloud that surrounds the figure in a painting of a sacred personage. 1