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Halo vs Cirrostratus - What's the difference?

halo | cirrostratus |

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

English

(wikipedia 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

    (es)
  • To encircle with a halo.
  • 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

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