halation (countable and uncountable, plural halations)
The action of light surrounding some object as if making a halo.
The blurring of light around a bright area of a photographic image, or on a television screen.
• overglow
• antihalo
Source: Wiktionary
Ha*la"tion, n. (Photog.)
Definition: An appearance as of a halo of light, surround the edges of dark object
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
