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Science and Medicine

• Aura (symptom), a symptom experienced before a migraine or seizure.
• Aura (optics), an optical phenomenon.
• Aura (satellite), a satellite in the NASA Earth Observing System series, launched July 15, 2004.
• Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy.

Geography An aura is the perceptual disturbance experienced by some migraine sufferers before a migraine headache, and the telltale sensation experienced by some epileptics before a seizure (often a strange light or unpleasant smell). ... An aura is an optical effect wherein gas or dust surrounding an object luminesces or reflects light from the object. ... Aura spacecraft Aura is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth, studying the Earths ozone, air quality and climate. ... July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) is a consortium of universities and other institutions. ...

• Aura, Finland, a municipality in Finland.
• Aura River, a river in Finland.
• Aura, Norway, a river in Norway.
• Aura (woreda), a woreda or district in Ethiopia.

Music Aura is a municipality of Finland. ... The Aura river (Finnish Aurajoki) is a river in south-western Finland. ... Aura is one of the 31 woredas in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. ...

• Aura (album), an album by the Finnish rock group CMX.
• Aura (Asia album), is an album by the progressive rock band Asia, first released in 2000.
• Aura (Miles Davis album), an album by jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1989).

Places {{Album infobox | Name = Aura | Type = Unsigned Band | Artist = Aura | Members = CMXAura. ... for other uses of Aura see Aura (disambiguation) Aura is an album by the progressive rock band Asia, first released in 2000. ... Aura is a concept album by Miles Davis. ...

• Aura, Bavaria, a place name in Germany
• Aura (Main-Spessart), a town in the district of Main-Spessart in Bavaria

Linguistics Aura (also known as Aura an der Saale) is a town in the district of Bad Kissingen in Bavaria in Germany. ... Aura is a town in the district of Main-Spessart in Bavaria in Germany. ... Main-Spessart is a district in Bavaria, Germany. ... The geographic region and Free State of Bavaria (German:  ), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ...

• Aura, the old name for the personification of Finland.
• A plough in the Finnish language.

Culture The Maiden of Finland (Finnish: Suomi-neito) is the national personification of Finland, much as Marianne in France, Britannia in the United Kingdom, Deutscher Michel in Germany and Uncle Sam for the United States. ... The traditional way: a German farmer works the land with a horse and plough. ... Finnish ( ) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92%[1]) and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. ...

• Aura, a character from Flash Gordon
• The Aura, a 2006 film
• Aura, novel by Carlos Fuentes

Business Flash Gordon is a science fiction comic strip originally drawn by Alex Raymond, first published on January 7, 1935. ... Carlos Fuentes novel, Aura, was first published in 1962 in Mexico. ...

• The Electronics sub-division of Bowers & Wilkins, discontinued in 1997.

Software Bowers & Wilkins is a high-end British loudspeaker company that produces reference quality hi-fi and home theatre speakers. ...

• Aura (Animation Software), an animation software package.
• AURA (Automated Underwriting and Risk Analysis), A software program that automates life insurance underwriting
• AURA (Argos UNIX Retail Application), A software console used by high-street store Argos for management options

Others TVPaint (also known as TVP) is a 2D, bitmap-based digital animation software package, developed and distributed by TVPaint Developpement(France). ... Argos store. ...

• Aura (paranormal), A subtle field of luminous multicolored radiation surrounding a person or object as a cocoon or halo.
• Aura (cheese), a Finnish blue mold cheese.
• Aura (.hack), the name of an important character in the .hack//sign and .hack//Legend of The Twilight franchise.
• Saturn Aura, a mid-size car produced under the Saturn brand of American automaker General Motors.

In parapsychology, spirituality and New Age belief, an aura is a subtle field of luminous multicolored radiation surrounding a person or object as a cocoon or halo. ... Aura is a type of blue cheese produced in Finland by Finnish dairy company Valio. ... Aura as she apears in . ... The Aura is a sedan produced by General Motors Saturn brand. ... A mid-size car, frequently referred to as an intermediate, is an automobile with a size between that of a compact and a full-size or standard-size car. ... Saturn, founded by General Motors Corporation on January 7, 1985 as a wholly-owned subsidiary, is a brand of automobiles marketed in the United States and Canada. ... This article is about the company. ...

Figurative meaning

Figuratively, an aura refers to the character of concepts, issues or phenomena surrounding a particular topic; for example, "The discussion had an aura of casualness."

The Marxist cultural critic Walter Benjamin also used the term "aura" to refer to the feeling of awe created by unique or remarkable objects such as works of art or relics of the past. According to Benjamin older cultures can generate auras around particular objects of veneration, while capitalist culture has the opposite effect, causing the decay of the aura due to the proliferation of mass-production and reproduction technologies. Marxismtakes its name from the praxis — the synthesis of philosophy and political action — of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. ... Walter Benjamin (July 15, 1892 – September 27, 1940) was a German Marxist literary critic, essayist, translator, and philosopher. ... It has been suggested that Definitions of capitalism be merged into this article or section. ...

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