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Dayglow

[dey-gloh]

day·glow

[dey-gloh]
noun
See under airglow.

Origin:
1955–60; day + glow

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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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air·glow

[air-gloh]
noun
a dim light from the upper atmosphere caused by emissions from atoms and molecules ionized by solar radiation: observed at night (nightglow), during the day (dayglow), and at twilight (twilight glow), with each having slightly different characteristics.

Origin:
1950–55; air1 + glow
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airglow   (âr'glō')  Pronunciation Key 
A faint photochemical luminescence in the upper atmosphere caused by the collision of x-rays and charged particles from the Sun with atoms and molecules, especially of oxygen, sodium, and the hydroxyl radical (OH). Airglow is strongest over low and middle latitudes.
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