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AURORA (aurorae)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Aurora mean?
• AURORA (noun)
The noun AURORA has 3 senses:
1. the first light of day
2. an atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
3. (Roman mythology) goddess of the dawn; counterpart of Greek Eos
Familiarity information: AURORA used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The first light of day
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
aurora; break of day; break of the day; cockcrow; dawn; dawning; daybreak; dayspring; first light; morning; sunrise; sunup
Context example:
they talked until morning
Hypernyms ("aurora" is a kind of...):
hour; time of day (clock time)
Derivation:
auroral; aurorean (characteristic of the dawn)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An atmospheric phenomenon consisting of bands of light caused by charged solar particles following the earth's magnetic lines of force
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("aurora" is a kind of...):
atmospheric phenomenon (a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere)
Meronyms (parts of "aurora"):
streamer (light that streams)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aurora"):
aurora australis; southern lights (the aurora of the southern hemisphere)
aurora borealis; northern lights (the aurora of the northern hemisphere)
Derivation:
auroral (of or relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(Roman mythology) goddess of the dawn; counterpart of Greek Eos
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
Roman deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans)
Domain category:
Roman mythology (the mythology of the ancient Romans)
Context examples
Aurora kinases are overexpressed in a wide variety of cancers.
(Aurora A Kinase Inhibitor MK5108, NCI Thesaurus)
A small-molecule inhibitor of the serine-threonine kinase Aurora B with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Aurora B Serine/Threonine Kinase Inhibitor TAK-901, NCI Thesaurus)
It blocks certain enzymes (Aurora kinases) involved in cell division and may kill cancer cells.
(Aurora B/C kinase inhibitor GSK1070916A, NCI Dictionary)
An ATP-competitive inhibitor of the serine/threonine kinases Aurora B and C with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Aurora B/C kinase inhibitor GSK1070916A, NCI Thesaurus)
Also called Aurora kinase inhibitor AT9283.
(AT9283, NCI Dictionary)
Histone H3 phosphorylation by Aurora-2 induces chromatin condensation, and dephosphorylation by PP1 promotes chromatin decondensation for reentry into interphase.
(AKAP8 in Mitosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Not only are the auroras huge in size, they are also hundreds of times more energetic than auroras on Earth.
(Hubble Captures Vivid Auroras in Jupiter’s Atmosphere, NASA)
Alisertib binds to and inhibits Aurora A kinase, which may result in disruption of the assembly of the mitotic spindle apparatus, disruption of chromosome segregation, and inhibition of cell proliferation.
(Alisertib, NCI Thesaurus)
Aurora kinase A (403 aa, ~46 kDa) is encoded by the human AURKA gene.
(Aurora Kinase A, NCI Thesaurus)
Aurora kinase B (344 aa, ~39 kDa) is encoded by the human AURKB gene.
(Aurora Kinase B, NCI Thesaurus)
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