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earthlight

[ urth-lahyt ]

noun

, Astronomy.


earthlight

/ ˈɜːθˌlaɪt /

noun

  1. another name for earthshine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of earthlight1

First recorded in 1805–15; earth + light 1
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Example Sentences

By comparison, this greater portion was dark, though illuminated by earthlight far brighter than any moonlight on Earth.

Even in the earthlight the kaleidoscopic colors were vivid in their changing reds and blues and yellow sheens.

Its many facets were smooth and polished; they made mirrors, many of them, for the earthlight reflected from the crater mouth.

He stopped there, his great figure etched sharply by the Earthlight.

And now I saw Wilks plainly, standing in the Earthlight, gazing down.

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