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earth shine

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earth⋅shine

[urth-shahyn]
–noun Astronomy.
the faint illumination of the part of the moon not illuminated by sunlight, as during a crescent phase, caused by the reflection of light from the earth.
Also called earthlight.


Origin:
1825–35; earth + shine
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