Halo

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Halo

Halo : ஒளிவட்டம், பரிவட்டம்

Halo : ஒளிவட்டம்,ஒளிவட்டம்,பரிவட்டம்,பரிவட்டம்

Halo definition

Noun.

  1. A luminous circle, usually prismatically colored, round the sun or moon, and supposed to be caused by the refraction of light through crystals of ice in the atmosphere. Connected with halos there are often white bands, crosses, or arches, resulting from the same atmospheric conditions.
  2. A circle of light; especially, the bright ring represented in painting as surrounding the heads of saints and other holy persons; a glory; a nimbus.
  3. An ideal glory investing, or affecting one's perception of, an object.
  4. A colored circle around a nipple; an areola.

Transitive verb. & i. To form, or surround with, a halo; to encircle with, or as with, a halo.