Halo
Halo ( ancient Greek ἅλως hálōs or ἅλων hálōn "threshing floor, threshing floor", translated "atrium") stands for
- Halo (astronomy) , area of a galaxy
- Halo (image processing) , unwanted effect in image processing
- Halo (light effect) , atmospheric light effect
- Halo (band) , Australian metal band
- Halo (song) , song by Beyoncé Knowles (2009)
- Halo (game series) , video game series with related literature and various film adaptations
- a novel by the British writer Zizou Corder
- a novel by Alexandra Adornetto
- medical name for dark circles
- High Altitude and Long Range Research Aircraft , a research aircraft from the German Aerospace Center (DLR)
in the broader sense for
- Halo effect , assessment error or perceptual effect (in psychology, sociology, marketing or observational research)
- Halo system , a safety system in automotive sports
- Halo nucleus , atomic nuclei with distant from the nuclear core nucleons
- in the sense of the concept field, the scope of the concept to which a word belongs
- the albedo surface changes affecting around impact craters
- the halo (Latin nimbus )
The abbreviation HALO stands for
- HALO (parachute jumping) , parachute jump from a great height, in which the opening of the umbrella takes place at a low height
- High Altitude and Long Range Research Aircraft , high-flying research aircraft of the German Aerospace Center (DLR)
- Halo , NATO code name for the Mil Mi-26 transport helicopter
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Wiktionary: Halo - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
