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Definition of Aurora borealis
1. Noun. The aurora of the northern hemisphere.
Definition of Aurora borealis
1. Noun. The aurora of the northern hemisphere ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aurora Borealis
Literary usage of Aurora borealis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1871)
"aurora borealis. aurora borealis. Two coruscations from nearly east and ...
aurora borealis. Great AB All the northern hemisphere emblazoned columns and ..."
2. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"Statewide, there are more than 750 of them. The aurora borealis Besides wildlife
and the glaciers, people go to the north country hoping to see the aurora ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly (1884)
"About 1850, M. de La Rive, a Genevese physicist, endeavored to found a definite
theory of the aurora borealis, and with this view artificially reproduced ..."
4. Transactions by Royal meteorological society (1839)
"NOTICE OF AN APPEARANCE OF THE aurora borealis AT WORCESTER, ON THE NIGHT OF ...
FEELING a considerable interest on the subject of the aurora borealis, ..."
5. Bulletin by Mount Weather Observatory, Bluemont, Va, United States Weather Bureau (1911)
"(Dated June 13, 1910, translated by the Editor.1) As is well known the problem
of taking successful photographs of the aurora borealis presents great ..."
6. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society by Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"aurora borealis. Commander MWC Hepworth, RNR, Marine Superintendent of the ...
There was a recurrence of the aurora borealis, the one arch lying low along ..."
7. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1840)
"aurora borealis. The aurora borealis exhibits a number of distinct varieties.
In its simplest form, it has merely the appearance of a twilight in the north. ..."
8. Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait: To Co-operate by Frederick William Beechey (1831)
"aurora borealis. WE had frequent opportunities of observing the aurora borealis
in the autumns of 1826 and of 1827. From the 25th of August until the 9th ..."
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