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A soft glow of white light seen in the sky along the ecliptic in an elongated triangular form with its base being on the horizon, particularly in the tropics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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a luminous tract in the sky; a reflection of sunlight from cosmic dust in the plane of the ecliptic; visible just before sunrise and just after sunset
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: reflection, reflexion
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Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
اَلْفَجْر اَلْكَاذِب
(al-fajr al-kāḏib)
— soft glow of white light extending upward from the horizon along the ecliptic, particularly in the tropics
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Bengali:
সুবহে কাযিব
(subhe kazib)
— soft glow of white light extending upward from the horizon along the ecliptic, particularly in the tropics
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Czech:
zvířetníkové světlo
— soft glow of white light extending upward from the horizon along the ecliptic, particularly in the tropics
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Finnish:
eläinratavalo
— soft glow of white light extending upward from the horizon along the ecliptic, particularly in the tropics
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French:
lumière zodiacale
— soft glow of white light extending upward from the horizon along the ecliptic, particularly in the tropics
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Korean:
황도광
(hwangdogwang)
— soft glow of white light extending upward from the horizon along the ecliptic, particularly in the tropics
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Polish:
światło zodiakalne
— soft glow of white light extending upward from the horizon along the ecliptic, particularly in the tropics
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Romanian:
lumină zodiacală
— soft glow of white light extending upward from the horizon along the ecliptic, particularly in the tropics
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Russian:
зодиака́льный свет
(zodiakálʹnyj svet)
— soft glow of white light extending upward from the horizon along the ecliptic, particularly in the tropics
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Spanish:
luz zodiacal
— soft glow of white light extending upward from the horizon along the ecliptic, particularly in the tropics
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Swedish:
zodiakalljus
— soft glow of white light extending upward from the horizon along the ecliptic, particularly in the tropics
