That portion, of any spectrum, which consists of rays less refrangible than the longest wave-lengths of the visible spectrum, A luminous appearance, or an image seen after the eye has been exposed to an intense light or a strongly illuminated object. When the object is colored, the image appears of the complementary color, as a green image seen after viewing a red wafer lying on white paper. Called also ocular spectrum, the spectrum of an incandesoent gas or vapor, under moderate, or especially under very low, pressure. It is characterized by bright bands or lines

Plural form of band, verb_ Third-person singular simple present indicative form of band

A luminous atmospheric phenomenon appearing as streamers or bands of light sometimes visible in the night sky in northern or southern regions of the earth It is thought to be caused by charged particles from the sun entering the earth's magnetic field and stimulating molecules in the atmosphere, The dawn