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earthlight

American  
[urth-lahyt] / ˈɜrθˌlaɪt /

noun

Astronomy.
  1. earthshine.


earthlight British  
/ ˈɜːθˌlaɪt /

noun

  1. another name for earthshine

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of earthlight

First recorded in 1805–15; earth + light 1


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Working from an observatory in Hawaii, scientists have for the first time measured the color of the moon's shadowed half, which is lit only by reflected earthlight.

From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2014

A moon-based songwriter would have his troubles; an obvious rhyme for earth is girth, and in the radiance of earthlight, a moon-maiden's face would shine bluish green.

From Time Magazine Archive

As the lunar night descends, the batteries should remain charged long enough for the camera to take a picture of the lunar landscape, faintly illuminated by earthlight.

From Time Magazine Archive

Something was coming from the enemy ship, red with the sunlight and earthlight, silvered by the Moon and the stars.

From Wandl the Invader by Ray Cummings

This rock in the inner crater was gray, pale and ghostly in the earthlight.

From The Finding of Haldgren by Charles Willard Diffin

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