HALO

  1. (acronym) .  (aviation, parachuting) High Altitude, Low Opening. — a type of skydiving, where you leave the launch platform from a high altitude, and open the parachute at a very low altitude.
  2. (acronym) .  Hazardous Area Life-Support Organisation.
  3. 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.
  4. Noun.  (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.
  5. Noun.  Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
  6. Noun.  (religion) nimbus, a luminous disc, often of gold, around or over the heads of saints, etc., in religious paintings.
  7. Noun.  The metaphorical aura of glory, veneration or sentiment which surrounds an idealized entity.
  8. Verb.  (transitive) To encircle with a halo.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.