aurora

«aurora» in Mova's school dictionary: a display of moving, coloured light (often green, pink or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an aurora, auroras or aurorae); proper noun (Aurora — a name; Roman goddess of dawn)

meaning for a pupil

1) An aurora is a display of moving, coloured light (often green, pink or purple) in the night sky near the North or South Pole. tree →

2) The aurora borealis (northern lights) is seen in the north; the aurora australis (southern lights) in the south. tree →

3) Aurora is a girl's name (a name), the Roman goddess of the dawn, and the name of Sleeping Beauty in the Disney film. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons auroras happen when tiny charged particles from the Sun hit gases high in Earth's atmosphere and make them glow; Earth's magnetic field steers the particles towards the poles. People travel to Norway, Iceland, Canada, Scotland, Tasmania and New Zealand to see them. Phrases: aurora borealis, aurora australis, northern lights.

examples

• We watched the green aurora dance across the sky in Norway. tree →
• The aurora borealis is also called the northern lights. tree →
• In Tasmania you can sometimes see the aurora australis. tree →
• An aurora happens when particles from the Sun hit our atmosphere. tree →
• Last night the aurora was visible even in Scotland. tree →
• Aurora is the Roman goddess of the dawn. tree →
• Princess Aurora is the heroine of «Sleeping Beauty». tree →
• She stood on the balcony and shone as the Aurora Borealis shines. tree →

note

Plural auroras or aurorae. Pronounced uh-ROAR-uh. Auroras are best seen on dark, clear nights, far from city lights.

In the corpora

• Jupiter has the most powerful auroras in the Solar System, glowing at its poles in ultraviolet light.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «aurora» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.