- Aurora Australis, the
- Au|ro|ra Aus|tra|lis, the [ ɔ,rɔrə ɔ`streılıs ]the SOUTHERN LIGHTS
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(the) Aurora Australis — the Aurora Australis UK [ɔːˌrɔːrə ɒˈstreɪlɪs] US [ɔˌrɔrə ɔˈstreɪlɪs] the southern lights http://www.macmillandictionary.com/med2cd/weblinks/aurora australis the.htm Thesaurus: sky and its featureshyponym … Useful english dictionary
Aurora Australis (book) — Aurora Australis was the first book ever written, printed, illustrated and bound in the Antarctic . [cite book |last=Shackleton |first=Ernest |title=The Heart of the Antarctic: being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907 1909… … Wikipedia
Aurora australis — Aurora Au*ro ra, n.; pl. E. {Auroras}, L. (rarely used) {Auror[ae]}. [L. aurora, for ausosa, akin to Gr. ?, ?, dawn, Skr. ushas, and E. east.] 1. The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Aurora Australis (icebreaker) — The Aurora Australis is an icebreaker under the command of the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD). Designed as a multi purpose research and resupply ship, it was built by P O Polar and launched in September 1989.The Aurora Australis is chartered … Wikipedia
aurora australis — [ô strā′lis] n. [L, lit., southern aurora: see AURORA1 & AUSTRAL] luminous phenomena similar to the aurora borealis, visible in a zone around the south magnetic pole; southern lights … English World dictionary
Aurora Australis — Light radiated by atoms and ions in the ionosphere interacting with the planets gravitational field, usually seen at the magnetic North and South poles. Aurora Borealis is the aurora in the norhtern hemisphere, and Aurora Australis is the… … The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology
aurora australis — (aw ROH rah aw STRAH liss) [New Latin] The southern lights; the aurora of the Southern Hemisphere. See also aurora borealis … Dictionary of foreign words and phrases
aurora australis — /aw stray lis/, Meteorol. the aurora of the Southern Hemisphere. Also called southern lights. [1735 45; < NL: southern aurora; see AUSTRAL] * * * … Universalium
aurora australis — auro′ra aus•tra′lis [[t]ɔˈstreɪ lɪs[/t]] n. astron. mer the aurora of the Southern Hemisphere Also called southern lights • Etymology: 1735–45; < NL: southern aurora; see austral I … From formal English to slang
aurora australis — noun the aurora of the southern hemisphere • Syn: ↑southern lights • Hypernyms: ↑aurora … Useful english dictionary
