nightside
[ nahyt-sahyd ]
/ ˈnaɪtˌsaɪd /
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noun
Journalism. the night shift of a newspaper.
Astronomy. the dark side of a planet or moon.
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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
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The telescope’s instruments are so sensitive and Earth is so bright that “even the nightside would fry Hubble’s detectors.”
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