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–noun, plural au·ras or, for 3, au·rae

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1.	a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere: an aura of respectability; an aura of friendliness.

2.	a subtly pervasive quality or atmosphere seen as emanating from a person, place, or thing.

3.	Pathology. a sensation, as of lights or a current of warm or cold air, preceding an attack of migraine or epilepsy.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L < Gk: breath (of air)

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–noun Classical Mythology.

a companion of Artemis who bore twins to Dionysus. Zeus changed her into a spring because, in a fit of madness, she had killed one of her children.

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n. pl. au·ras or au·rae (ôr'ē)

An invisible breath, emanation, or radiation.
A distinctive but intangible quality that seems to surround a person or thing; atmosphere: An aura of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters.
Pathology A sensation, as of a cold breeze or a bright light, that precedes the onset of certain disorders, such as an epileptic seizure or an attack of migraine.

[Middle English, gentle breeze, from Latin, from Greek aurā, breath; see wer-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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aura

1859, "subtle emanation around living beings;" earlier "gentle breeze" (1398), from L. aura "breeze, wind, air," from Gk. aura "breath, breeze," from PIE base *awer-.

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aura
noun
1.	a sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright light) that precedes the onset of certain disorders such as a migraine attack or epileptic seizure
2.	an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
3.	a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters"; "the place had an aura of romance" [syn: air]

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aura [ˈoːrə] noun

a particular feeling or atmosphere
Example: An aura of mystery surrounded her.

Arabic:	جَو ، شُعور مُمَيَّز
Chinese (Simplified):	气氛
Chinese (Traditional):	氣氛
Czech:	aura
Danish:	udstråling; aura
Dutch:	waas
Estonian:	õhustik, aura
Finnish:	ilmapiiri
French:	aura
German:	die Aura, die Ausstrahlung
Greek:	αύρα
Hungarian:	aura, légkör
Icelandic:	blær, ára
Indonesian:	pancaran, lingkaran cahaya
Italian:	aura

Japanese:	独特の雰囲気
Korean:	기(氣), 분위기
Latvian:	starojums; gaisotne; aura
Lithuanian:	aureolė, atmosfera
Norwegian:	utstråling, fornemmelse, aura
Polish:	atmosfera, aura
Portuguese (Brazil):	aura
Portuguese (Portugal):	atmosfera
Romanian:	aură
Russian:	аура; дух
Slovak:	aureola
Slovenian:	avra
Spanish:	aura
Swedish:	utstrålning, aura
Turkish:	hava, atmosfer

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Aura

Au"ra\, n.; pl. Aur[ae]. [L. aura air, akin to Gr. ?.]

1. Any subtile, invisible emanation, effluvium, or exhalation from a substance, as the aroma of flowers, the odor of the blood, a supposed fertilizing emanation from the pollen of flowers, etc.

2. (Med.) The peculiar sensation, as of a light vapor, or cold air, rising from the trunk or limbs towards the head, a premonitory symptom of epilepsy or hysterics.

Electric aura, a supposed electric fluid, emanating from an electrified body, and forming a mass surrounding it, called the electric atmosphere. See Atmosphere, 2.

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