cold light

noun

1. light emitted by a source that is not incandescent, as from a firefly.

cold light

noun

1. light emitted at low temperatures from a source that is not incandescent, such as fluorescence, phosphorescence, bioluminescence, or triboluminescence

Word History and Origins

Origin of cold light¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Within my large multipurpose kitchen-dining-living room, I had cold lights on the kitchen work surfaces, warmer light on the dining table, and the warmest light in the living area.

From Popular-Science

I don’t know if that means, in the cold light of day, whether the justices would be interested in going to the same place in this context.

From Washington Post

Mr. Levi enters almost beside him; how white his big eyeballs gleam, as he steps in under the same cold light!

From Project Gutenberg

As a rule a charge takes place just before dawn, when the gray cold light of morning is struggling up from the East.

From Project Gutenberg

The Lost Soul was lifted old and solemn and gray in the cold light and shadow of the 68 night.

From Project Gutenberg

Yet by the cold light of early morning, he had an unaccountable sensation of having been tricked.

From Project Gutenberg

Miriam looked at him in silence, the cold light still in her face, and he repeated: "Give it up—give it up."

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