Plural of halo
regular plural
The plural of halo is halos or haloes.
Forms of halo
| Singular | halo |
|---|---|
| Plural | halos haloes |
| Countable | countable |
Halos and haloes in a sentence
- These flawless and faultless men wore white robes and holy halos.2009, Connie-Anne Barrett, “Superheroes Are Human”, in Faith Undiluted: Day by Day Devotions, Greenville, S.C.; Belfast: Ambassador…. From the entry scribbley
- Halos are caused by light shining through ice cloudform, usually marking the advance of a warm front — with rain.1944, The Popular Science Monthly - Volume 145, page 216. From the entry cloudform
- Heaven to them was a serious business of pearly gates, harps, halos, and aërial flights on ambient pale clouds.1908, Harold McGraff, chapter 27, in The Lure of the Mask. From the entry pearly gates
- The furthest zone from the veins in the halos consists of coronitic tremolite + chlorite fringes around olivine surrounded by plagioclase grains.2017, J. Theo Kloprogge, Robert Lavinsky, “Introduction: Geological Examples”, in Photo Atlas of Mineral Pseudomorphism, Amsterdam…. From the entry coronitic
- By the following decade it became clear that essentially all galaxies, including our own Milky Way, are surrounded by extensive halos of dark matter.2001, Susan M. Fitzpatrick, John T. Brue, Carving Our Destiny: Scientific Research Faces a New Millennium. From the entry dark matter
Meaning of halo
- noun 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.
- noun 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.
- noun Anything resembling this band, such as an effect caused by imperfect developing of photographs.
Questions about the plural of halo
- What is the plural of halo?
- The plural of halo is halos or haloes.
- Which is correct, halos or haloes?
- Both are used. halos is the more common of the two in English writing.
- Is halo countable?
- Halo is a countable noun.
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