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noun
A faint brightening of the night sky in the region of the ecliptic directly opposite the Sun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: counterglow
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: light, visible light, visible radiation
History
Borrowed from German Gegenschein (“counter-shine”), from gegen- + Schein.
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
