southern lights
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southern lights
pl.n.
See aurora australis.
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southern lights
pl n
(Physical Geography) another name for aurora australis
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auro′ra aus•tra′lis
(ɔˈstreɪ lɪs)n.
the aurora of the Southern Hemisphere. Also called southern lights.
[1735–45; < New Latin: southern aurora; see austral1]
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southern lights
See aurora australis.
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| Noun | 1. |  southern lights - the aurora of the southern hemisphereaurora - an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force |
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aurora austral
suðurljós
southern lights
pl → Südlicht nt
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