daylight

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Synonyms: delight, alight, deadlight, warlight, skylight, fanlight, dry light, gaslight, daylights, dashlight, dawnlight

Antonyms: delight, alight, deadlight, warlight, skylight, fanlight, dry light, gaslight, daylights, dashlight, dawnlight

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q16491}} The [[natural light]] that is [[ambient]] in [[daytime]], being mostly [[sunlight]] (both [[direct]] and [[indirect]], on either [[sunny]] days or [[cloudy]] days).
2. A light source that [[simulate]]s daylight.
3. {{lb|en|countable|[[photometry]]}} The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
4. The period of time between [[sunrise]] and [[sunset]].
5. {{senseid|en|Q193294}} [[daybreak#English:_Q193294|Daybreak]].
6. {{senseid|en|exposure to public scrutiny}} [[exposure|Exposure]] to public [[scrutiny]].
7. A clear, open space.
8. {{lb|en|countable|[[machinery]]}} The space between [[platen]]s on a [[press]] or similar machinery.
9. {{lb|en|figurative}} Emotional or psychological distance between people, or [[disagreement]].
10. {{lb|en|figurative}} Meaningful or noticeable difference or distinction between two things, especially concepts.
11. The gap between the top of a drinking-glass and the level of drink it is filled with.

Verb

1. To expose to daylight
2. {{lb|en|architecture}} To provide sources of natural illumination such as [[skylight]]s or windows.
3. To allow light in, as by opening [[drapes]].
4. {{lb|en|landscaping|civil engineering}} To run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally.
5. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To gain exposure to the open.
6. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[moonlight]] {{gl|work a second, often illicit job}} during the daytime.

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