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PRONUNCIATION OF ZODIACAL LIGHT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ZODIACAL LIGHT

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Zodiacal light is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ZODIACAL LIGHT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Zodiacal light

Zodiacal light is a faint, roughly triangular, diffuse white glow seen in the night sky that appears to extend up from the vicinity of the Sun along the ecliptic or zodiac. It is best seen just after sunset in spring, and just before sunrise in autumn, when the zodiac is at a steep angle to the horizon. Caused by sunlight scattered by space dust in the zodiacal cloud, it is so faint that either moonlight or light pollution renders it invisible. The zodiacal light decreases in intensity with distance from the Sun, but on very dark nights it has been observed in a band completely around the ecliptic. In fact, the zodiacal light covers the entire sky, being responsible in large part for the total skylight on a moonless night. There is also a very faint, but still slightly increased, oval glow directly opposite the Sun which is known as the gegenschein. The dust forms a thick pancake-shaped cloud in the Solar System collectively known as the zodiacal cloud, which occupies the same plane as the ecliptic. The dust particles are between 10 and 300 micrometres in diameter, most with mass around 150 micrograms.

Definition of zodiacal light in the English dictionary

The definition of zodiacal light in the dictionary is a very faint cone of light in the sky, visible in the east just before sunrise and in the west just after sunset. It is probably due to the reflection of sunlight from cosmic dust in the plane of the ecliptic.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ZODIACAL LIGHT

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zoanthropic
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zoarial
zoarium
zocalo
zocco
zodiac
zodiacal
zodiacal constellation
zoea
zoeae
zoeal
zoeform
zoetic
zoetrope
zoetropic
Zoffany
zoftig

WORDS THAT END LIKE ZODIACAL LIGHT

back-up light
backlight
bright
come to light
daylight
delight
flashlight
flight
green light
headlight
highlight
in mid-flight
light
moonlight
red light
slight
spotlight
starlight
sunlight
the spotlight
twilight

Synonyms and antonyms of zodiacal light in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «zodiacal light» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ZODIACAL LIGHT

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

Translator English - Chinese

黄道光
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

luz zodiacal
570 millions of speakers

English

zodiacal light
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

राशिचक्रीय प्रकाश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضوء فلكي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

зодиакальный свет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

luz zodiacal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জ্যোডিয়াল লাইট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lumière zodiacale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cahaya zodiac
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zodiakallicht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

黄道光
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

황도광
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cahya zodiacal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ánh sáng hoàng đạo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இராஜ்ய ஒளி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

राशिचक्र प्रकाश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Zodyak ışığı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

luce zodiacale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

światło zodiakalne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зодіакальний світло
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lumina zodiacal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ζωδιακό φως
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

zodiakaal lig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

zodiakalljuset
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

zodiaklyset
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ZODIACAL LIGHT»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ZODIACAL LIGHT» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ZODIACAL LIGHT»

Discover the use of zodiacal light in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to zodiacal light and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud
This book is Brian s thesis, and as such presents the results of his research for astronomers.
Brian May, 2008
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Observing Comets, Asteroids, Meteors, and the Zodiacal Light
If you are an amateur astronomer, and comets, asteroids, meteors, and the zodiacal light are your quarry, then this is the book for you.
Stephen J. Edberg, 1994
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Researches on the Zodiacal Light and on a Photographic ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Harvard College Observatory, Arthur Searle, 2012
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The Light of the Night Sky
Polarization of the Zodiacal Light The accurate quantitative measurement of the linear polarization of the zodiacal light is difficult because the direct observation is necessarily of the composite light of all the components of the light of the night  ...
F. Roach, Janet L. Gordon, 1973
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Polarized Light in Nature
Zodiacal light, gegenschein and airglow Even more so than the aurora, these phenomena are visible only on deep, moonless nights at great distances from city lights. The zodiacal light is the brightest among the three and is outlined against ...
G. P. Können, 1985
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Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites
Perhaps the most extraordinary manifestation of IDPs is the zodiacal light (Figure 1.2). This subtle glow is visible on clear moonless nights after sundown in the Spring and before sunrise in the Fall. At that time of year the ecliptic plane (plane  ...
O. Richard Norton, Lawrence Chitwood, 2008
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Sunsets, Twilights, and Evening Skies
Zodiacal light and the gegenschein ZODIACAL LIGHT One of earth's most serene sights is the western sky in late winter after the last colors of twilight have left the western horizon. The stars are out, and if you are far from the lights and haze of ...
Aden B. Meinel, 1991
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Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1993: Proceedings of the 160th ...
Introduction The classical conception of interplanetary dust is derived from the interpretation of zodiacal light observations. Zodiacal light can be observed from non-polluted areas on the Earth with the naked eye. It appears as a diffuse glow in ...
Andrea Milani, Michel Di Martino, A. Cellino, 1994
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ISO Science Legacy: A Compact Review of ISO Major Achievements
COMETS, ASTEROIDS AND ZODIACAL LIGHT AS SEEN BY ISO THOMAS G. MULLER1 *, PETER ABRAHAM2 and JACQUES CROVISIER3 lMax-Planck- lnstitutfur extraterrestrische Physik, Giessenbachstrafle, 85748 Garching, Germany ...
Catherine Cesarsky, Alberto Salama, 2006
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Zodiacal Light
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Zodiacal light is a faint, roughly triangular, whitish glow seen in the night sky which appears to extend up from the vicinity of the sun along the ecliptic or zodiac.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ZODIACAL LIGHT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term zodiacal light is used in the context of the following news items.
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Looking Up: Looking for the zodiacal light
All too often we must be content with a sky compromised by light pollution. Fortunately you still enjoy much of the sky not far from the cities, and even from the city ... «Mail Tribune, Mar 15»
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Zodiacal Light and Meteors Light Up the Night (Photo)
The ghostly zodiacal light offers an ethereal glow to this stunning night sky scene peppered by meteors as seen by a veteran night sky photographer observing ... «Yahoo News, Mar 15»
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Catch a Glimpse of the Zodiacal Light Show This Month
The zodiacal light, a celestial event occurring in both the spring and autumn, will be visible to savvy stargazers in many parts of the Northern hemisphere this ... «Smithsonian, Mar 15»
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How to See the Ghostly Zodiacal Light of the Night Sky
Over the next two weeks, you have an excellent chance to spot one of the most rarely observed objects in the sky, the zodiacal light. The zodiacal light takes its ... «Space.com, Feb 15»
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How to See and Shoot the Zodiacal Light
The ethereal zodiacal light returns to view this month. Learn how to see and photograph it with your digital camera. It's back! Practically a sign of spring, the ... «Sky & Telescope, Feb 15»
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6 Sky Events This Week: Primetime Jupiter, Asteroid Juno, and …
This image beautifully captures the zodiacal light, a triangular glow seen best in night skies free of overpowering moonlight and light pollution. The photograph ... «National Geographic, Feb 15»
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Venus and the zodiacal light in April 2015
For those living in the Northern Hemisphere, Venus can be your guide to the evening zodiacal light this month. This is a good time of year to see the zodiacal ... «EarthSky, Nov 14»
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Stray stars may explain strange cosmic glow
Researchers say their best explanation is that the cosmic light originates from ... that the foreground 'Zodiacal light,' due to dust in the solar system reflecting light ... «Futurity: Research News, Nov 14»
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Zodiacal Light of Alien Plants May Obscure Detection of Earth-like …
"If we want to study the evolution of Earth-like planets close to the habitable zone, we need to observe the zodiacal dust in this region around other stars," said ... «The Daily Galaxy, Nov 14»
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Star Dust Clouds Telescopes of Astronomers Hunting for Earthlike …
Here in our solar system we call this dust-triggered glare zodiacal light: diffused sunlight from billions of tiny grains scattered in a disk that stretches from Mercury ... «National Geographic, Nov 14»

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