[
UK
/ˈɔːɹɪˌəʊl/
]
[ US /ˈɑɹioʊɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈɑɹioʊɫ/ ]
NOUN
- an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
- the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
How To Use aureole In A Sentence
- A thermal metamorphic aureole is developed in the sedimentary country rocks.
- Having determined the age of the Ballachulish Igneous Complex, we now examine the behaviour of the U-bearing accessory minerals baddeleyite, zircon and monazite in the Ballachulish metamorphic aureole.
- With her aureole of golden hair and vast eyes, she had an ethereal quality. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
- Many figures have wings, some possess an aureole around their heads and/or a very particular design of cap.
- Facing him was a spry elfin-faced girl with an aureole of blonde hair around her head and intent dark eyes.
- A shiver of magenta vibrates a yellow aureole of wall, dark teal scribbles a cloud of gray-blue floor.
- Do you ever suppose that Jesus walked about bedizened in priestly robes and a crown, and with yon jewels on his breast, and a gilt aureole round his head?
- There is abundant evidence for a significant and important influence of hydrothermal fluids on element mobility in the aureole.
- The prominently depicted hen and rooster form the brightest spot in the foreground, as they are encircled by an aureole of light.
- The slanting rays of the sun aureoled the television tower.