Meaning of Halo | Babel Free

Definitions

1. 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.
2. Acronym of high altitude, low opening (“a type of skydiving where one leaves the launch platform from a high altitude and opens the parachute at a very low altitude”).
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
3. A member of the Angels Major League Baseball team.
   informal
4. A cloud of gas and other matter surrounding and captured by the gravitational field of a large diffuse astronomical object, such as a galaxy or cluster of galaxies.
5. Acronym of hazardous area life-support organization.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
6. Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
7. Acronym of high altitude, low orbiting.
   abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
8. nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
9. The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
10. The bias caused by the halo effect.
11. a circular annulus ring, frequently luminous, often golden, floating above the head
12. A circular brace used to keep the head and neck in position.
13. A roll bar placed in front of the driver, used to protect the cockpit of an open cockpit racecar.
14. Ellipsis of halo headlight.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

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Examples

“her halo slipped”

“O! yearning heart! I did inherit Thy withering portion with the fame, The searing glory which hath shone Amid the jewels of my throne, Halo of Hell!”

“In both cases, they found that […] there was a halo effect (e.g., when a "low cholesterol" claim was made, consumers perceived other nutrients, such as fat, also to be at low levels when they were actually high). Andrews reported that these misleading halos were reduced only when the claims were accompanied by an evaluative disclosure […]”

“When you have enough experience, you can do a HALO jump.”

“Weather balloons at maximum altitude are considered HALOs.”

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