auric
adjective
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
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auric
American
[awr-ik]
/ ˈɔr ɪk /
adjective
Chemistry.
Auric
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British
/ ɔrik /
noun
auric
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British
/ ˈɔːrɪk /
adjective
Etymology
Origin of auric
1830–40; < Latin aur ( um ) gold + -ic
Example Sentences
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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
Like the physical body it radiates an aura, and this combining with the other forms of the auric body, gives to it its peculiar pearly appearance, which is the background of its opalescence previously noted.
From The Human Aura Astral Colors and Thought Forms by Panchadasi, Swami
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
But the rainbow or spectrum lacks the peculiar semi-transparency of the auric colors, and also the constantly changing and dissolving body of colors of the aura.
From The Human Aura Astral Colors and Thought Forms by Panchadasi, Swami
Individual auric color, dependent upon ruling planet, 132.
From The Rosicrucian Mysteries An Elementary Exposition of Their Secret Teachings by Heindel, Max
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