As nouns the difference between halo and cirrostratus
is that
halo is (astronomy) 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 while
cirrostratus is (meteorology) a principal high-level cloud type appearing as a whitish veil, usually fibrous but sometimes smooth, which may totally cover the sky and which often produces halo phenomena, either partially or completely sometimes a banded aspect may appear, but the intervals between the bands are filled with thinner cloud veil the edge of the veil of cirrostratus may be straight and clean-cut, but more often it is irregular and fringed with cirrus some of the ice crystals that comprise the cloud are large enough to fall and thereby produce a fibrous aspect cirrostratus occasionally may be so thin and transparent as to render it almost indiscernible, especially through haze or at night at such times, the existence of a halo may be the only revealing feature, such as producing a halo around the moon abbreviated: cs.
As a verb halo
is to encircle with a halo.
halo Noun
(en-noun)
(astronomy) 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.
(astronomy) 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.
Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
(religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
Synonyms
* (luminous disc around head of saints in paintings) aureole, nimbus
Derived terms
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Verb
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To encircle with a halo.
Related terms
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References
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cirrostratus English
Noun
(cirrostrati)
(meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a whitish veil, usually fibrous but sometimes smooth, which may totally cover the sky and which often produces halo phenomena, either partially or completely. Sometimes a banded aspect may appear, but the intervals between the bands are filled with thinner cloud veil. The edge of the veil of cirrostratus may be straight and clean-cut, but more often it is irregular and fringed with cirrus. Some of the ice crystals that comprise the cloud are large enough to fall and thereby produce a fibrous aspect. Cirrostratus occasionally may be so thin and transparent as to render it almost indiscernible, especially through haze or at night. At such times, the existence of a halo may be the only revealing feature, such as producing a halo around the moon. Abbreviated: Cs.
References
Source: FM 3-6 Field Behavior of NBC Agents
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