HyperDic: zodiacal_light

English > 1 sense of the expression zodiacal light:
NOUNphenomenonzodiacal lighta luminous tract in the sky
English > zodiacal light: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
MeaningA luminous tract in the sky; a reflection of sunlight from cosmic dust in the plane of the ecliptic; visible just before sunrise and just after sunset.
Broaderreflection, reflexionThe phenomenon of a propagating / propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface
Spanishluz zodiacal

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