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twilight
('tw/aI/,l/aI/t )

adjective (a)

  • Seen or done by twilight.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • the time of day immediately following sunset(noun.time)
    Example:
    He loved the twilight.
    Synonym:
    crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall
    source: wordnet30
  • the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth(noun.phenomenon)
    source: wordnet30
  • a condition of decline following successes(noun.state)
    Example:
    In the twilight of the empire.
    source: wordnet30
  • The light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • lighted by or as if by twilight(adj.all)
    Example:
    The twilight glow of the sky.
    Synonym:
    dusky, twilit
    source: wordnet30

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