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Auroral

adjective

Of or relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras.

Characteristic of the dawn. Synonym: aurorean.

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Etymology of 'Auroral'

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"Auroral" Quotes from Famous Books

... is the original form of all snowflakes, but that, when I observe these crystal stars falling around me, they are only just generated in the low mist next the earth. I am nearer to the source of the snow, its primal auroral, and golden hour of infancy; commonly the flakes reach us travel-worn and agglomerated, comparatively, without order or beauty, far down in their fall, like men in their advanced age. As for the circumstances under which this ...

— The Log of the Sun - A Chronicle of Nature's Year • William Beebe

... eruption at the base of the Vesuvian cone, and the fearful earthquakes which accompanied it, the summit was tranquil. The sky was serene, the stars were brilliant, and only over Vesuvius hung a thick, dark smoke-cloud, lighted up into an auroral arch by the glare of a stream of fire more than two miles long, and more than a quarter of a mile broad. The sea was calm, and reflected the red glare; while from the source of the lava came continual jets of uprushing incandescent stones. Nearer to view, Torre del Greco in flames, and clouds ...

— The San Francisco Calamity • Various

Words linked to "Auroral" : aurora, dawn