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earth⋅rise

[urth-rahyz]
–noun Astronomy.
the rising of the earth above the horizon of the moon or other celestial body, viewed from that body's surface or from a spacecraft orbiting it.

Origin:
1965–70; earth + (sun)rise
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earth·rise   (ûrth'rīz')   
n.  The rising of the earth above the horizon as seen from the moon.
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