zodiacal light
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Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English - Cite This Source - Share This
| Main Entry: | zodiacal light1 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See false dawn |
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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
zodiacal light
–noun
| a luminous tract in the sky, seen in the west after sunset or in the east before sunrise and thought to be the light reflected from a cloud of meteoric matter revolving round the sun. |
[Origin: 1725–35
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| zodiacal light
n. A faint hazy cone of light, often visible in the west just after sunset or in the east just before sunrise, apparently caused by the reflection of sunlight from meteoric particles in the plane of the ecliptic. |
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| zodiacal light | |
noun | |
| 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 |
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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
zodiacal light
 (zō-dī'ə-kəl) Pronunciation Key
A faint hazy cone of light, often visible in the west just after sunset or in the east just before sunrise, and elongated in the direction of the ecliptic on each side of the Sun. It is apparently caused by the reflection of sunlight from meteoric particles in the plane of the ecliptic. |
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