noctilucent
[ nok-tuh-loo-suhnt ]
/ ˌnɒk təˈlu sənt /
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adjective Meteorology.
(of high-altitude clouds) visible during the short night of the summer.
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OTHER WORDS FROM noctilucent
noc·ti·lu·cence, nounWords nearby noctilucent
noct-, noctambulism, noctambulous, nocti-, noctiluca, noctilucent, noctis, noct. maneq., noctograph, noctuid, noctule
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Example sentences from the Web for noctilucent
At these altitudes, then, water vapor itself can readily cool the air enough to create noctilucent clouds.
To understand how ‘night-shining’ clouds form, scientists made one themselves|Maria Temming|March 5, 2021|Science News
British Dictionary definitions for noctilucent
noctilucent
/ (ˌnɒktɪˈluːsənt) /
adjective
shining at night, usu. of very thin high altitude clouds observable in the summer twilight sky
Derived forms of noctilucent
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Scientific definitions for noctilucent
noctilucent
[ nŏk′tə-lōō′sənt ]
Luminous at night. The term is used especially to describe certain high atmospheric cloud formations visible during summer nights at high latitudes.
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