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airglow

noun

Etymology

From air + glow.

  1. derived from *ǵʰleh₁-✻ — “to shine, glow; to be shining, glowing”
  2. inherited from *glōaną✻ — “to glow”
  3. derived from *glówa✻
  4. inherited from *glōan✻ — “to glow”
  5. inherited from glōwan — “to glow”
  6. inherited from glouen
  7. compounded as airglow — “air + glow”

Definitions

  1. A faint illumination in the sky due to photochemical luminescence in the upper…

    A faint illumination in the sky due to photochemical luminescence in the upper atmosphere, now rarely observed by earthbound humans without the assistance of instruments.

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