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- Dictionarytwilight/ˈtwʌɪlʌɪt/
noun
- 1. the soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, caused by the reflection of the sun's rays from the atmosphere: "she looked out on the beautiful twilight" Similar
- 2. a period or state of obscurity, ambiguity, or gradual decline: "he was in the twilight of his career" Similar Opposite
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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. How to use twilight in a sentence.
Twilight is light produced by sunlight scattering in the upper atmosphere, when the Sun is below the horizon, which illuminates the lower atmosphere and the Earth's surface. The word twilight can also refer to the periods of time when this illumination occurs.
TWILIGHT definition: 1. the period just before it becomes completely dark in the evening: 2. the final part of a…. Learn more.
the soft, diffused light lights from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, either from daybreak to sunrise or, more commonly, from sunset to nightfall. the period in the morning or, more commonly, in the evening during which this light lights prevails.
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)
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.
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.
