Usually means: Residual glow after light source.
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  1. afterglow: Merriam-Webster
  2. afterglow: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. afterglow: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. afterglow: Collins English Dictionary
  5. afterglow: Vocabulary.com
  6. Afterglow, afterglow: Wordnik
  7. afterglow: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. afterglow: Wiktionary
  9. afterglow: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. afterglow: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. afterglow: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. afterglow: Dictionary.com
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  14. afterglow: Rhymezone
  15. afterglow: FreeDictionary.org
  16. afterglow: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. afterglow: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. afterglow: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  19. afterglow: Merriam-Webster

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  1. afterglow: Encyclopedia

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  2. afterglow: Medical dictionary

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  1. afterglow: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. Afterglow: Botanical Name listing of Plants
  2. AFTERGLOW: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The glow seen in the sky after sunset.
noun:  The light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling.
noun:  The light emitted by a phosphor after excitation.
noun:  The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high.
noun:  An afterparty.

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