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Earthshine

noun
/ˈɜːθʃaɪn/UK/ˈɜɹθʃaɪn/US

Etymology

From earth + shine (noun), modelled after moonshine.

  1. inherited from *skainijaną✻
  2. inherited from scǣnan — “to render brilliant, make shine”
  3. inherited from schenen
  4. derived from scīn — “brightness, shine”
  5. derived from schinen
  6. compounded as earthshine — “earth + shine”

Definitions

  1. Alternative letter-case form of earthshine.

  2. Sunlight reflected from the Earth's surface, especially when visible on the part of the…

    Sunlight reflected from the Earth's surface, especially when visible on the part of the Moon's surface not illuminated by the Sun (the night side); earthlight.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Earthshine. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA