auric
adjective
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
auric
American
[awr-ik]
/ ˈɔr ɪk /
adjective
Chemistry.
Auric
1
British
/ ɔrik /
noun
auric
2
British
/ ˈɔːrɪk /
adjective
Etymology
Origin of auric
1830–40; < Latin aur ( um ) gold + -ic
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Such gnomic utterances, and the auric mysteries of the international monetary system, suddenly make the money game more fun to read about than play.
From Time Magazine Archive
The potassium salt is obtained by crystallizing equivalent quantities of potassium and auric chlorides.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
A church filled with persons of a high devotional ideality, is also a beautiful place, by reason of the mingling of auric violet-blue vibrations of those therein assembled.
From The Human Aura Astral Colors and Thought Forms by Swami Panchadasi
The following table, committed to memory, will be of help to him in the matter of employing the mental image of the auric colors in his healing work.
From The Human Aura Astral Colors and Thought Forms by Swami Panchadasi
In fact, many persons of but slight clairvoyant power, who cannot sense the auric colors, are able to perceive this prana aura without trouble.
From Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers by William Walker Atkinson
To qualify for membership in the Auric Room 1915, for instance, members must spend at least 30 to 60 days a year in Montana.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
"My favourite Bond nemesis is without doubt Auric Goldfinger. His humour and 'wheeler dealer' persona was very infectious," says Gotts.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2023
And Parisian audiences, including composers like Georges Auric, received Armstrong with rapture early in the 1930s.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2021
According to the outlet, Fleming would sit in the club’s library to write, and he even mentioned the club in 1959’s “Goldfinger,” wherein Bond tells Auric Goldfinger that he once “played off 9 at Huntercombe.”
From Fox News ● Feb. 19, 2019
The Auric Circle, however, will admit any outside impressions that you really desire to come to you, while shutting out the others.
From The Human Aura Astral Colors and Thought Forms by Swami Panchadasi
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