adj
Alternative form of acronical [Occurring at sunset.]
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The period in which the sun is between 12° and 18° below the horizon in the morning and evening.
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Alternative form of blindman's holiday [(humorous, archaic) The time between daylight and candlelight.]
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(humorous, archaic) The time between daylight and candlelight.
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The period of twilight when the Sun is approximately 4-8° below the horizon and the sky is within a range of blue colors.
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twilight at cockcrow; daybreak.
adj
(zoology) Active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight.
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The time when such restriction begins.
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Part of a day period between sunrise and sunset where one enjoys daylight; daytime.
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(film) A cinematographic technique in which a crew films in a high-contrast situation, typically in the early morning or late afternoon, with a blue filter, causing the scene to look as if it were shot in moonlight.
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The time of daylight; the time between sunrise and sunset.
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(archaic) The days following the heliacal rising of Sirius, now in early August (Gregorian) at dates varying by latitude.
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A period of time at the end of day when the sun is below the horizon but before the full onset of night, especially the darker part of twilight.
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The planet Venus when it appears in the west (evening sky), after sunset.
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(poetry, Scotland, Northern England) Twilight, as at early morning (dawn) or (especially) early evening; dusk.
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(astronomy) A night that does not become completely dark because the sun does not go further than 18° below the horizon.
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the narrow band of dusk and dawn that separates the areas in daylight from those in darkness throughout the world
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The time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtime.
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An occurrence in the tropics where the sun stands directly above the ground, leaving shadows directly below the objects casting them.
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(Britain) A brief unpleasant period.
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The middle of the night: the sixth temporal hour, equidistant between sunset and sunrise.
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(Scotland, now Orkney and Shetland) Late twilight, dusk.
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(poetic, literary, archaic) Morning time.
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The period in which the sun is 6°–12° below the horizon in the morning and evening.
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(graphical user interface) A colour scheme with light text on a dark background.
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The sky as it is seen at night.
adj
(poetic) bright at night
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(historical) A device for telling the time at night, rather like a sundial but read according to the stars.
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(now rare) The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.
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A period around midday when an airport has a particularly large amount of air traffic.
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The full sunlight that occurs at noon.
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(obsolete) The position of the sun at midday.
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(idiomatic) Some unspecified hour in the early morning (implies an unpleasant time to be awake)
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Some unspecified hour in the early morning (implies an unpleasant time to be awake).
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Alternative spelling of oh dark thirty [Some unspecified hour in the early morning (implies an unpleasant time to be awake).]
adj
Occurring between dusk and dawn.
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The period of light during a day-night cycle.
adj
After midnight, but prior to dawn
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The very early morning, just after midnight, when most people are asleep.
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(Ireland) Extended daylight hours, especially said of the evening in springtime when compared to the shorter winter days.
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A place or jurisdiction that prohibits or discourages a certain class of people, typically a certain race or ethnicity, from living there or remaining there after sundown, or, in some cases, from visiting during the day.
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(originally colonial slang, especially southern Africa) A cocktail consumed at sunset, or to signify the end of the day.
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The moment each evening when the sun disappears below the western horizon.
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The time when this light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.
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An industry that is fading away, perhaps because replaced by newer technology, or facing a lack of critical resources or a lack of consumer interest
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An early evening shift of work.
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(of a baseball double-header) that begins in the late afternoon
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(obsolete) Synonym of undern: originally terce and the morning, later (UK, dialectal, obsolete) noon and the early afternoon.
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Alternative form of undern [(obsolete) Synonym of terce: the third hour of daylight (about 9 am).]
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Hesperus, Venus, the evening star
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(less common) The hour between 3:00 a.m. and 3:59 a.m., associated with demons.
n
Synonym of oh dark thirty
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