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/ˈhālō/,
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haloes, plural; halos, plural;
  1. Surround with or as if with a halo

Noun
  1. A disk or circle of light shown surrounding or above the head of a saint or holy person to represent their holiness

  2. The glory associated with an idealized person or thing
    • - he has long since lost his halo for many ordinary Russians
  3. A circle or ring of something resembling a halo
    • - their frizzy haloes of hair
  4. A circle of white or colored light around the sun, moon, or other luminous body caused by refraction through ice crystals in the atmosphere

  5. A tenuous sphere of hot gas and old stars surrounding a spiral galaxy


  1. aura: an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
  2. ring: a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke"
  3. a circle of light around the sun or moon
  4. HaLo (Ayako Hirakata) is a Japanese J-Pop musician. Hirakata can be heard on Lori Carson's The Finest Thing. Hirakata has also worked with Kate St John and Sid Griffin, and has a separate recording career in Japan.
  5. Halo is a 1996 Indian film directed by Santosh Sivan. It tells the story of Sasha (Benaf Dadachandji) who is searching for her lost puppy in the streets of Mumbai and the variety of people that she meets.
  6. Halo is a live album, released in 2004, by Current 93.
  7. Halo is a drone/sludge metal band formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1994, which is now based in London, England. It is currently signed to Relapse Records.
  8. Halo is a high end gay bar located at 1435 P Street, NW in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States. Founded in 2004 by Ed Bailey and John Guggenmos, Halo first gained attention by being one of the few smoke-free LGBT bars in Washington, D.C. ...
  9. "Halo" is a song recorded by American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles. The song was composed by Ryan Tedder, Evan Bogart and Knowles for her third studio album I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008). ...
  10. High Altitude, Low Opening. — a type of skydiving, where you leave the launch platform from a high altitude, and open the parachute at a very low altitude; Hazardous Area Life-Support Organisation
  11. A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere; A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy ...
  12. (Halos) Rings or arcs that seem to encircle the Sun or Moon. They are caused by the refraction of light through the ice crystals in cirrus clouds.
  13. (Halos) A circular flare or hazy ring that may appear around a headlight or other lighted object.
  14. (Halos) are rings around lights due to optical imperfections in or in front of the eye.
  15. (HALOS) This is the appearance of a ring of light around light sources. It occurs in dim lighting conditions and can interfere with night driving. It was a complication of traditional LASIK procedures that Custom LASIK is more able to prevent.
  16. (Halos) Images from light sources look blurred, with circles radiating outward from the centre. Halos can appear as a complication of refractive surgery but they also occur naturally.
  17. (Halos) Possible side-effect after laser surgery. Enlarged coronas appear around light sources – mostly in twilight or in darkness.
  18. (Halos) represent rings situated around lights that appear due to damages of the eyes. Halos can also represent a side effect of laser eye surgeries.
  19. (Halos) the appearance of a halo around lights.  Due to corneal swelling, the appearance of halos for the first few weeks following LASIK is quite normal.  If halos persist, however, it may be necessary to have a re-treatment or use corrective lenses or glasses.
  20. (halos) (in  halo (atmospheric phenomenon))
  21. (halos) ring-shaped features which surround, or partially surround a location.
  22. A glowing ring of light surrounding an object such as a channel letter which has been lit from behind. (See also halo lighting.)
  23. (Erdtman, 1952; Fægri and Iversen, 1989)
  24. A light line around object edges in an image, produced by the unsharp masking (USM) technique.
  25. A ring of light, the effect achieved by reverse channel letters, which appear to be ringed by light because the light source is reflecting on the background from which the letters are pinned out.