twilight | English to English Dictionary

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twilight

('tw/aI/,l/aI/t )

the time of day immediately following sunset(noun.time)

Example:
He loved the twilight.

Synonym:
crepuscle, crepuscule, dusk, evenfall, fall, gloam, gloaming, nightfall

source: wordnet30
the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth(noun.phenomenon)

source: wordnet30
a condition of decline following successes(noun.state)

Example:
In the twilight of the empire.

source: wordnet30
The light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.(noun)

source: webster1913

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