Aurora
noun
the ancient Roman goddess of the dawn.
aurorae
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pluralof Aurora.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It was seen as white light flares on a giant sunspot group, fires at telegraph stations and disturbances in geomagnetic measurements, as well as aurorae even in tropical regions.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2024
The ionized region of the atmosphere, or ionosphere, is most famous as the home of aurorae, which occur when charged particles from the Sun slam into atoms and cause them to light up.
From Science Magazine ● May 12, 2023
But “the aurorae are always there when you observe an eclipse,” said Katherine R. de Kleer, a planetary astronomer at the California Institute of Technology and one of the authors of both studies.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
The main spacecraft would spend years flying around the planet, gathering observations on features such as the magnetic field that probably powers Uranus’s glowing aurorae.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 19, 2022
Lottier and Bravais, who have observed so great a number of aurorae, ever heard it; and a great many others are in this case.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 by Various
