What does Twilight mean?
Definitions for Twilight
ˈtwaɪˌlaɪtTwi·light
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Princeton's WordNet
twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle(noun)
the time of day immediately following sunset
"he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"
twilight(noun)
the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth
twilight(adj)
a condition of decline following successes
"in the twilight of the empire"
dusky, twilight(a), twilit(adj)
lighted by or as if by twilight
"The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river"
Wiktionary
twilight(Noun)
The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
I could just make out her face in the twilight.
twilight(Noun)
The time when this light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.
It was twilight by the time I got back home.
twilight(Noun)
Any faint light through which something is seen; an in-between or fading condition.
The twilight of probability. u2014John Locke.
twilight(Adjective)
Pertaining to or resembling twilight
O'er the twilight groves and dusky caves. u2014Alexander Pope.
Webster Dictionary
Twilight(noun)
the light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18¡ below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
Twilight(noun)
faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which anything is viewed
Twilight(adj)
seen or done by twilight
Twilight(adj)
imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure
Freebase
Twilight
Twilight is the illumination that is produced by sunlight scattering in the upper atmosphere, illuminating the lower atmosphere when the Sun itself is not directly visible because it is below the horizon, so that the surface of the Earth is neither completely lit nor completely dark. The word "twilight" is also used to denote the periods of time when this illumination occurs. The further the Sun is below the horizon, the dimmer the twilight. When the Sun reaches 18 degrees below the horizon, twilight's brightness is nearly zero. Evening twilight ends and night begins. When the Sun again reaches 18 degrees below the horizon, night ends and morning twilight begins. Owing to its distinctive quality, primarily the absence of shadows and the appearance of objects silhouetted against the bright sky, twilight has long been popular with photographers, who refer to it as Sweet Light, and painters, who refer to it as the blue hour, after the French expression l'heure bleue. By analogy with evening twilight, the word "twilight" is also sometimes used metaphorically, to imply that something is losing strength and approaching its end. For example, a very old man may be said to be in the twilight of his life. The collateral adjective for twilight is crepuscular; it is most frequently encountered when applied to certain insects, fishes, and mammals that are most active during that time.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Twilight
twī′līt, n. the faint light after sunset and before sunrise: an uncertain view: partial darkness.—adj. of twilight: faintly illuminated: obscure.—v.t. to illuminate faintly.—Twilight of the gods, the same as Ragnarök (q.v.). [Lit. ''tween light,' A.S. twí-, from twá, two, and light.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Twilight in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Twilight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of Twilight in a Sentence
In the twilight of the Bush administration, we don't need an acting US attorney in Maryland.
It was once said that the moral test of Government is how that Government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.
It's the same thing that happens in the twilight of every administration -- you want to finish what you started and give it as much staying power as you possibly can.
This is ridiculous and from the Twilight Zone, i dont know who this is, and this never happened.
The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices -- to be found in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own -- for the children and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone.
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- شَفَقArabic
- toranAzerbaijani
- змрок, змярканне, прыцемакBelarusian
- здрач, сумракBulgarian
- crepuscleCatalan, Valencian
- soumrakCzech
- llwydnos, cyfnosWelsh
- gry, daggry, tusmørke, skumringDanish
- Halbdunkel, Zwielicht, DämmerungGerman
- σούρουπο, λυκόφως, μισοσκόταδο, μούχρωμα, σύθαμποGreek
- krepuskoEsperanto
- crepúsculo, penumbraSpanish
- agu, eha, koitEstonian
- شفق, گرگومیشPersian
- aamuhämärä, iltahämärä, epäselvä, hämäräFinnish
- skýming, hálvalýsi, dimmingFaroese
- entre chien et loup, crépuscule, pénombre, brumes, demi-jourFrench
- clapsholas, coimheascarIrish
- ciaradhScottish Gaelic
- crepúsculoGalician
- בין השמשותHebrew
- सांझHindi
- pirkadat, félhomály, alkonyat, szürkület, virradat, pirkadásHungarian
- մթնշաղArmenian
- rökkur, húm, ljósaskiptiIcelandic
- penombra, crepuscoloItalian
- 夕暮れ, 黄昏, 薄明かりJapanese
- ბინდიGeorgian
- អស្តង្គតKhmer
- 어스름Korean
- crepusculum, TwilightLatin
- DämmerungLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- saulėlydisLithuanian
- krēslaLatvian
- māhina, ririko, rikorikoMāori
- самрак, полумракMacedonian
- tejaMalay
- tweelicht, deemstering, schemeringDutch
- skumringNorwegian
- hayííłką́Navajo, Navaho
- zmrok, zmierzchPolish
- crepúsculoPortuguese
- crepuscul, amurgRomanian
- сумерки, потёмки, сумрак, полумракRussian
- sumrak, сумрак, полумрак, polumrakSerbo-Croatian
- súmrak, šeroSlovak
- somrakSlovene
- skymning, gryning, skumraskSwedish
- takip-silimTagalog
- tanTurkish
- присмерк, сутінкиUkrainian
- hoàng hônVietnamese
- 暮Chinese
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