nightside

[ nahyt-sahyd ]

noun

1. Journalism. the night shift of a newspaper.
2. Astronomy. the dark side of a planet or moon.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nightside¹

1840–50 for an earlier sense; night + side ¹

Example Sentences

While WISPR found Venus’ dayside too bright to image, it was able to discern large-scale surface features, such as the vast highland region called Aphrodite Terra, through the clouds on the nightside.

From Science News

The telescope’s instruments are so sensitive and Earth is so bright that “even the nightside would fry Hubble’s detectors.”

From Science News

My name is Nomis J. Arkdragen, assistant manager in charge of nightside dreams.

From Project Gutenberg