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Definition of Auroras

1. aurora [n] - See also: aurora

Lexicographical Neighbors of Auroras

Literary usage of Auroras

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"As in auroras, magnetic perturbations are produced by bringing a needle near the ... auroras are produced by positive electricity ; the negative electrode ..."

2. A Treatise on Meteorology: With a Collection of Meteorological Tables by Elias Loomis (1872)
"Accordingly, auroras are much more frequent in the United States than they ... auroras in the Southern Hemisphere.—auroras in the southern hemisphere are ..."

3. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1871)
"The inequality in the number of auroras upon successive years is much more remarkable. From 1763 to 1794, auroras averaged 7 per year; and during eight of ..."

4. Principles of Physics, Or Natural Philosophy: Designed for the Use of by Benjamin Silliman (1871)
"Frequency of auroras.—auroras are perhaps rather more frequently seen in ... During the summer of 1860, auroras have been uncommonly frequent in the N. ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1903)
"Twenty-seven days later auroras were observed on August 21 and 22. ... General rain fell on September 17, but auroras were observed on the 18th and 19th. ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1903)
"Twenty-seven days later auroras were observed on August 21 and 22. ... General rain fell on September 17, but auroras were observed on the 18th and 19th. ..."

7. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1873)
"Loomis's observations of the number of auroras in each month of 1889 and 1870 (Amer. Jour, of Science, 3d S., i, 309), are specially noteworthy, ..."

8. The Ocean, Atmosphere, and Life: Being the Second Series of a Descriptive by Elisée Reclus (1874)
"These almost invisible polar auroras are frequent in the temperate zones, where we very rarely can contemplate the sight of the sheets of flame and rockets ..."

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