aurora

aurora.

(Del lat. aurōra, de aura, brillo, resplandor).

1. f. Luz sonrosada que precede inmediatamente a la salida del Sol.

2. f. Principio o primeros tiempos de algo.

3. f. Hermosura del rostro, y, por ext., el rostro sonrosado.

4. f. Bebida compuesta de leche de almendras y agua de canela.

5. f. Canto religioso que se entonaba al amanecer, antes del rosario, y con el que se daba comienzo a la celebración de una festividad de la Iglesia.

~ austral.

1. f. Meteor. aurora polar del hemisferio sur.

~ boreal.

1. f. Meteor. aurora polar del hemisferio norte.

~ polar.

1. f. Meteor. Meteoro luminoso que se observa cerca de los polos magnéticos, producido por partículas cargadas eléctricamente que proceden de las erupciones solares.

despuntar, o romper, la ~.

1. frs. Empezar a amanecer.
Fuente: Diccionario de la Real Academia Española

2. The rise, dawn, or beginning. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]

3. (Class. Myth.) The Roman personification of the dawn of day; the goddess of the morning. The poets represented her
a rising out of the ocean, in a chariot, with rosy fingers
dropping gentle dew.
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4. (Bot.) A species of crowfoot. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]

5. The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or southern lights).
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Aurora borealis, i. e., northern daybreak; popularly called northern lights. A luminous meteoric phenomenon, visible
only at night, and supposed to be of electrical origin.
This species of light usually appears in streams,
ascending toward the zenith from a dusky line or bank, a
few degrees above the northern horizon; when reaching
south beyond the zenith, it forms what is called the
corona, about a spot in the heavens toward which the
dipping needle points. Occasionally the aurora appears as
an arch of light across the heavens from east to west.
Sometimes it assumes a wavy appearance, and the streams of
light are then called merry dancers. They assume a variety
of colors, from a pale red or yellow to a deep red or
blood color. The

Aurora australisis a corresponding phenomenon in the southern hemisphere, the streams of light ascending in the
same manner from near the southern horizon.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English