Earthlight

Earthlight
Earthlight Earth"light`, n. (Astron.) The sunlight reflected from the earth to the moon, by which we see faintly, when the moon is near the sun (either before or after new moon), that part of the moon's disk unillumined by direct sunlight, or ``the old moon in the arms of the new.'' [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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  • earthlight — noun Date: 1833 earthshine …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • earthlight — /errth luyt /, n. Astron. earthshine. [1825 35; EARTH + LIGHT1] * * * …   Universalium

  • earthlight — noun sunlight reflected from the earths surface …   Wiktionary

  • earthlight — n. sunlight reflected from the earth to the dark part of the moon, earthshine …   English contemporary dictionary

  • earthlight — earth•light [[t]ˈɜrθˌlaɪt[/t]] n. astron. earthshine • Etymology: 1825–35 …   From formal English to slang

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