Definitions for twilight
ˈtwaɪˌlaɪttwi·light

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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"

2. 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

3. twilight(adj)

   a condition of decline following successes

   "in the twilight of the empire"

4. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. twilight(Noun)

   Any faint light through which something is seen; an in-between or fading condition.

   The twilight of probability. u2014John Locke.

4. twilight(Adjective)

   Pertaining to or resembling twilight

   O'er the twilight groves and dusky caves. u2014Alexander Pope.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.

2. Twilight(noun)

   faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which anything is viewed

3. Twilight(adj)

   seen or done by twilight

4. Twilight(adj)

   imperfectly illuminated; shaded; obscure

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.]

How to pronounce twilight?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of twilight in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of twilight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of twilight in a Sentence

1. Henry Ward Beecher:

   Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either.

2. Dame Edna Everage:

   My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia.

3. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   In a twilight garden, when a brown nightingale starts singing, what is left to a blonde chicken is to remain silent.

4. Elizabeth Bowen:

   It is in this unearthly first hour of spring twilight that earth's almost agonized livingness is most felt. This hour is so dreadful to some people that they hurry indoors and turn on the lights.

5. H. G. Wells:

   It is possible to believe that all the past is but the beginning of a beginning, and that all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn. It is possible to believe that all the human mind has ever accomplished is but the dream before the awakening.

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