Usually means: Glow opposite Sun, night sky.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. gegenschein: Merriam-Webster
  2. gegenschein: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gegenschein: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gegenschein: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gegenschein: Vocabulary.com
  6. gegenschein: Wordnik
  7. gegenschein: Wiktionary
  8. gegenschein: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. gegenschein: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Gegenschein, gegenschein: Dictionary.com
  11. Gegenschein: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. gegenschein: Rhymezone
  13. gegenschein: FreeDictionary.org
  14. gegenschein: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. gegenschein: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. gegenschein: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gegenschein: Encyclopedia

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Gegenschein: Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
  2. Gegenschein: Extragalactic Astronomy
  3. gegenschein: Nine Planets Glossary
  4. GEGENSCHEIN: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gegenschein)

noun:  (astronomy) A faint brightening of the night sky in the region of the ecliptic directly opposite the Sun.

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