twilight

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Synonyms: twinight, twilit, taillight, owllight, twilighty, twight, tealight, twi-night, twilights, twi night

Antonyms: twinight, twilit, taillight, owllight, twilighty, twight, tealight, twi-night, twilights, twi night

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Noun

1. The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
2. The time when said light is visible; the period between [[daylight]] and [[darkness]].
3. Any [[faint]] light through which something is seen.
4. {{lb|en|astronomy}} The time when the sun is less than 18° below the [[horizon]].
5. {{lb|en|figurative|by extension}} An [[in-between]] or [[fading]] condition through which something is [[perceive]]d.

Adjective

1. Pertaining to or resembling twilight; faintly illuminated; obscure.
2. {{syn of|en|mesopelagic||Describing the [[pelagic]] zone of the ocean between the [[photic]] epipelagic and the [[aphotic]] [[bathypelagic]] zones, characterized by very minimal [[light]].}}

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|poetic}} To [[illuminate]] [[faint]]ly.

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