Usually means: Color shift due to interstellar dust.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word reddening:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. reddening: Merriam-Webster
  2. reddening: Collins English Dictionary
  3. reddening: Vocabulary.com
  4. Reddening, reddening: Wordnik
  5. reddening: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. reddening: Wiktionary
  7. Reddening, reddening: Dictionary.com
  8. reddening: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Reddening: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Reddening: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Reddening: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. reddening: FreeDictionary.org
  13. reddening: TheFreeDictionary.com

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Reddening: Extragalactic Astronomy

(Note: See redden as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (reddening)

▸ noun:  (gerund) The act or process of becoming red or redder.

Similar:
crimson, blush, flush, erubescence, ripening, redress, redressment, redecoration, darkening, redemption, more...

Opposite:
blanching, whitening, paling, fading

Phrases:
interstellar reddening, space reddening, more...

Adjectives:
slight, interstellar, diffuse, local, first, intense, marked, perianal, general, sudden, mild

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     ruby,     burgundy,     maroon, more...



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Similar:
crimson, blush, flush, erubescence, ripening, redress, redressment, redecoration, darkening, redemption, more...

Opposite:
blanching, whitening, paling, fading

Phrases:
interstellar reddening, space reddening, more...

Adjectives:
slight, interstellar, diffuse, local, first, intense, marked, perianal, general, sudden, mild

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     ruby,     burgundy,     maroon, more...



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