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    twilight
    /ˈtwʌɪlʌɪt/

    noun

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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › TwilightTwilight - Wikipedia

    Twilight is defined according to the solar elevation angle θs, which is the position of the geometric center of the Sun relative to the horizon. There are three established and widely accepted subcategories of twilight: civil twilight (nearest the horizon), nautical twilight, and astronomical twilight (farthest from the horizon). [2] Civil twilight

  3. noun. uk / ˈtwaɪ.laɪt / us / ˈtwaɪ.laɪt / twilight noun (EVENING) Add to word list. [ U ] the period just before it becomes completely dark in the evening: the twilight I could make out a dark figure in the twilight. Stephen Hansen/EyeEm/GettyImages. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Days & times of day. afternoons. all day. am. arvo.

  4. The meaning of TWILIGHT is the light from the sky between full night and sunrise or between sunset and full night produced by diffusion of sunlight through the atmosphere and its dust; also : a time of twilight.

  5. Twilight definition: the soft, diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, either from daybreak to sunrise or, more commonly, from sunset to nightfall.. See examples of TWILIGHT used in a sentence.

  6. a state in which things are strange, mysterious or secret; a state that exists on the dividing line between two things. the twilight world of the occult. The dissidents lived in a twilight world of hushed voices and secret meetings. the twilight zone between living and merely existing.

  7. the period of time during which the sun is a specified angular distance below the horizon (6°, 12°, and 18° for civil twilight, nautical twilight, and astronomical twilight, respectively)

  8. twilight - The time of two lights, the fading sunset and the emerging light of the moon and stars; there are three sequential stages of twilight: civil twilight, nautical twilight, and astronomical twilight.