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PRONUNCIATION OF COUNTERGLOW

counterglow  [ˈkaʊntəˌɡləʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COUNTERGLOW

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Counterglow is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COUNTERGLOW


afterglow
ˈɑːftəˌɡləʊ
aglow
əˈɡləʊ
airglow
ˈɛəˌɡləʊ
alpenglow
ˈælpənˌɡləʊ
Anglo
ˈæŋɡləʊ
dayglow
ˈdeɪˌɡləʊ
glow
ɡləʊ
nightglow
ˈnaɪtˌɡləʊ
outglow
ˌaʊtˈɡləʊ
reglow
riːˈɡləʊ
sunglow
ˈsʌnˌɡləʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COUNTERGLOW

counterfeit
counterfeiter
counterfeiting
counterfeitly
counterfesaunce
counterfire
counterflow
counterfoil
counterforce
counterfort
counterguerilla
counterinstance
counterinsurgency
counterinsurgent
counterintelligence
counterintuitive
counterion
counterirritant
counterirritation
counterlight

WORDS THAT END LIKE COUNTERGLOW

allow
blow
bungalow
cash flow
fellow
flow
follow
hollow
low
mellow
overflow
pillow
rate of flow
shallow
slow
swallow
unfollow
willow
workflow
yellow

Synonyms and antonyms of counterglow in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «counterglow» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COUNTERGLOW

Find out the translation of counterglow to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of counterglow from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «counterglow» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

对日照
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contrabrillo
570 millions of speakers

English

counterglow
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

counterglow
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

counterglow
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

counterglow
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

counterglow
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

counterglow
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

antisolaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Counterglow
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

counterglow
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

counterglow
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

counterglow
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Counterglow
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

counterglow
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

counterglow
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काउंटरग्लो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

counterglow
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

counterglow
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

counterglow
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

counterglow
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

counterglow
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

counterglow
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

counterglow
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

counterglow
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

motskinn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of counterglow

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COUNTERGLOW»

The term «counterglow» is used very little and occupies the 180.628 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COUNTERGLOW» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «counterglow» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «counterglow» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about counterglow

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COUNTERGLOW»

Discover the use of counterglow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to counterglow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Astronomical Journal
The counterglow is a peculiar zodiacal phenomenon, seen only in that part of the sky immediately opposite to the place of the sun. Though it has been known for many years, observations of it seem to be very rare. It was discovered originally ...
2
Popular Science
junef': ' MaiH Apr.1 With a beer glass and a rubber ball, you can demonstrate another theory of the counterglow. A sleeve of black paper and a disk of blackened adhesive tape suppress unwanted reflections ovel olor xperiments SHOW HOW ...
3
By Jupiter: Odysseys to a Giant
During the first few weeks of the mission, observations concentrated on the counterglow and soon showed that it could not be associated with Earth. Although the spacecraft had not moved much farther from the Sun, it had moved around the ...
Eric Burgess, 1982
4
Publications of West Hendon House Observatory, Sunderland
From the average of the whole of the observations the centre of the counterglow in longitude precedes the point opposite the sun by 0°•6 ; t. e., it is as close to this point as can well be expected from the nature of the observations, the object ...
West Hendon House Observatory, Thomas William Backhouse, 1891
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Publications of West Hendon House Observatory. Sunderland
ZODIACAL LIGHT. THE COUNTERGLOW AND ITS POSITION. The extension of the Zodiacal Light throughout the zodiac has been noticed by many observers; it forms a zone of faint light considerably fainter than the “zodiacal cone,” and has ...
6
The Word of the Lord Shall Go Forth: Essays in Honor of ...
Such lights do indeed exist: the zodiacal light and the Gegenschein or counterglow.32 The latter is an "oval patch of faint luminosity" about 8'' long and 6 " wide exactly opposite the sun in the night sky; it moves along the same path as the sun, ...
Carol L. Meyers, Michael Patrick O'Connor, 1983
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The Observatory
the distance reached by the Earth's shadow is relatively short and unimportant. It is possible, however, that the Earth's shadow may have some effect in reducing the increase of light opposite the Sun. Comparing the counterglow with the ...
8
Planets, Stars and Nebulae: Studied with Photopolarimetry
It looks promising, in comparison with the theoretical work of Martin,179 that the characteristics of the grains can be further studied from observations of circular polarization. The counterglow is a faint lightsource opposite the sun that is rarely  ...
Tom Gehrels, 1974
9
Seeing the Sky: 100 Projects, Activities & Explorations in ...
Under excellent sky conditions, try to observe the gegenschein (or counterglow) and the zodiacal band (or light bridge). Record the size, position, and brightness of what you see plus the conditions under which you were observing.
Fred Schaaf, 2013
10
The Journal of the British Astronomical Association
The first two give charts of their observations, and M. Sola points out the different rates of speed of the different spots. (A.N., No. 3596.) The Gegensche1n. T. W. Backhouse. — Comparing the counterglow with the reflection from blades of grass ...

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COUNTERGLOW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term counterglow is used in the context of the following news items.
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Horse Racing - Al Muhairi and De Sousa team up to win Chengdu …
He was followed over the line by Counterglow, who was two and a half lengths back in second under Wayne Smith and the Richard ... «Yahoo Eurosport UK, Apr 15»
2
Musabah Al Muhairi and Silvestre de Sousa win Chengdu Dubai …
He was followed over the line by Counterglow, a 2.5 length second under Wayne Smith and the Richard Mullen-ridden Start Right. Al Muhairi ... «Sport360°, Apr 15»
3
Jasmina Danowski: Counterglow - Exhibition opens May 3rd
Spanierman Modern is pleased to announce the opening on May 3, 2012 of Jasmina Danowski: Counterglow, an exhibition of new oils and ... «ArtfixDaily, Apr 12»
4
Godolphin's Fox Hunt, Opinion Poll in top form to renew rivalry in …
Counterglow (M Al Zarouni) L Dettori; 2. Right To Dream; 3. Colourful Notion; 4. Factory Time. Distances: Head; 2L, 1.75L. Time: 01:25.82secs. «gulfnews.com, Mar 12»
5
Asobi Seksu - Fluorescence Album Review
Hanna also takes the lead here on some of 'Fluorescence's key moments, not least on the beat-laden psychedelia of 'Counterglow' and ... «Contactmusic.com, Feb 11»
6
A Mysterious Light on the Darkest Night
Keywords: anti, anti-solar, antisolar, counter, counter-glow, counterglow, dust, gegenschein, glow, L2, lagrange, lagrange point, plane, point, ... «ScienceBlogs, May 10»
7
The Mysterious Zodiacal Light
This is the Gegenschein, derived from a German word meaning "counterglow," since it is always opposite or "counter" in position to the sun in ... «Space.com, Oct 08»

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