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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIGHTING-UP TIME

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Lighting-Up time is a noun.
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WHAT DOES LIGHTING-UP TIME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Lighting-up time

In the United Kingdom there is a legally enforced lighting-up time, defined as from one half-hour after sunset to one half-hour before sunrise, during which all motor vehicles on unlit public roads must use their headlights. Lighting-up time was first introduced in the nineteenth century in local by-laws and enforced nationally by the Lights on Vehicles Act of 1907. The Road Lighting Act of 1942 stipulated 1 hour after sunset/before dawn. It was amended to 30 minutes by the Road Traffic Act of 1956 because of the increasing speed of traffic. These were the required times for showing all lights on all vehicles, including bicycles and horse-drawn carts, hence the name lighting-up time. The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations, 1989 tightened the requirements further. Lighting-up time is retained as the required period for use of motor vehicle headlights on roads without lit streetlights, but with that exception, all vehicles must now keep conspicuity lights lit during the longer period of sunset to sunrise.

Definition of lighting-up time in the English dictionary

The definition of lighting-up time in the dictionary is the time when vehicles are required by law to have their lights switched on.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIGHTING-UP TIME

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WORDS THAT END LIKE LIGHTING-UP TIME

ahead of time
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Synonyms and antonyms of lighting-up time in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «lighting-up time» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIGHTING-UP TIME

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

Translator English - Chinese

照明时间
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tiempo de encendido de las
570 millions of speakers

English

lighting-up time
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रकाश समय तक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الوقت الإضاءة تصل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

освещение - до времени
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

time- se iluminando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আলো আপ সময়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

temps d´éclairage -up
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Masa pencahayaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Beleuchtung -up-Zeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

点灯時間
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

조명 업 시간
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lampu-up wektu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thời gian chiếu sáng lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

லைட்டிங் அப் டைம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रकाशयोजनाची वेळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Aydınlatma süresi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tempo di illuminazione - up
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

czas świecenia się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

освітлення -до часу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Timp de iluminat în sus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φωτισμός - up χρόνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verligting -up tyd
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

belysningstiden
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

belysning -up tid
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIGHTING-UP TIME»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIGHTING-UP TIME» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lighting-up time

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIGHTING-UP TIME»

Discover the use of lighting-up time in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lighting-up time and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lighting Up Time: Selected Poems, 1991-2004
Jeremy Hilton's poetry expresses human feelings and social and personal concerns in ways which use images of vision and beauty and create striking rhythmical soundscapes.
Jeremy Hilton, 2006
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Lighting-Up Time (1920)
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
Ivor Brown, 2007
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Sustainable Building - Design Manual: sustainable building ...
Change lighting-up systems The lighting up time periods of a public lighting system should be adapted to the natural lighting cycle so that neither are there periods of darkness when the artificial lighting system is not connected, nor are ...
‎2004
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Lowe's Transport Manager's and Operator's Handbook 2014
... is being given by the police and local authorities to drivers sleeping overnight in heavy vehicles with sleeper cabs while parked in lay-bys. Drivers should be warned against this practice, which is usually 259 road Traffic Law Lighting-Up Time.
David Lowe, Clive Pidgeon, 2014
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Lowe's Transport Manager's and Operator's Handbook 2012
Parking in lay-bys, separated from the main carriageway only by a broken white line, without sidelights and other obligatory lights as appropriate being lit after lighting-up time, is an offence and the driver will be prosecuted if caught. This does ...
David Lowe, 2011
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Road Lighting for Safety
Time schedules for switching on and off Public lighting used to be from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise when switch clocks were used generally, similar to the rules for cyclists (lighting-up time). During the energy crisis of ...
D. A. Schreuder, 1998
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Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
lighting-up time o noun the time of day when road vehicles must have their lights turned on. lightly c- adverb 1 in a light manner. 2 slightly. • get off lightly to escape without serious rebuke or punishment. ©Anglo-Saxon. light mater c=» noun, ...
Allied
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The Professional LGV Driver's Handbook: A Complete Guide to ...
Lighting-up time is from sunset to sunrise for sidelights and from half an hour after sunset until half an hour before sunrise (ie, defined as the 'hours of darkness') for dipped-beam headlamps. All lights and reflectors must be kept clean and in ...
David Lowe, 2008
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Pocket Oxford English Dictionary
... n. a tower or other structure containing a light to warn and guide ships at sea. light industry n. the manufacture of small or light articles. lighting n. 1 equipment for producing light. 2 the arrangement or effect of lights. lighting-up time n.
Maurice Waite, 2013
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Paperback Oxford English Dictionary
... sea. light industry n. the manufacture of small or light articles. lighting n. 1 equipment for producing light. 2 the arrangement or effect of lights. lighting-up time n. Brit. the time at which motorists are required by law to switch their vehicles ' lights ...
Oxford Dictionaries,, Maurice Waite, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIGHTING-UP TIME»

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Terrors on two wheels finally shown red light
They include no lights during lighting-up time, failing to stop for a school warden, failing to stop at red lights for a railway crossing or rising ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
2
Home rule: news from the Milan Furniture Fair
Lighting-up time: French designer Bertrand Ballas with Here Comes the Sun, first created in 1969. David Nicholls. Sunday 26 April 2015 01.00 ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
3
Home with a seasonal view in Sutton for €800000
When it was built the deck boasted views across Dublin, where the owners would sit and watch lighting-up time across the city. Almost 30 years ... «Irish Times, Apr 15»
4
What autumn means for pets
First we suffer the loss of daylight saving, which allowed us to walk our dogs in the sun after dinner and get home before lighting-up time. «Stuff.co.nz, Apr 15»
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Bike review: On-One Fatty
Lighting up time: Emily Brooke and her 'Laserlight' bike lights that project a · Facebook Twitter Pinterest. Lighting-up time: Emily Brooke and her ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
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e-Luminate Cambridge and the 2015 United Nations International …
2015 is lighting-up time! And what a glowing year it promises to be - the International Year of Light 2015 has arrived and the e-Luminate ... «Cambridge Network, Jan 15»
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BYGONES: When Geoffrey had his 'collar felt' by PC Ronald …
... nights of the winter period, it was a requirement for cyclists to display front and rear lamps between the specified hours of "lighting-up time". «Derby Telegraph, Nov 14»
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Rio's Christ statue damaged in lightning storm
Lighting-up time: Going green on St Patrick's Day. The statue is managed by the archdiocese of Rio and Father Omar Raposo said repairs ... «Irish Times, Jan 14»
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The November checklist
LIGHTING-UP TIME. Pot up "Paperwhite" narcissus and hippeastrum bulbs and start them off on a cool windowsill in bright conditions to ... «The Guardian, Oct 13»
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Armchair Nation: An intimate history of Britain in front of the TV by …
"Who are these square-eyed spectres hidden behind curtains or briefly glimpsed like this at lighting-up time?" Moran wonders. And so the task ... «The Guardian, Sep 13»

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