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twilight

Period of faint light that precedes sunrise and follows sunset, caused by the reflection of light from the upper layers of the atmosphere. The limit of twilight is usually regarded as being when the Sun is 18° below the horizon. The length of twilight depends on the latitude – at the tropics, it only lasts a few minutes; near the poles, it may last all night.



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Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context
They met daily in that strange and solemn interval, the twilight of the morning, in the violet or pink dawn; for it was necessary to rise early, so very early, here.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
The intervening space was empty--a paved solitude, between lofty edifices, which threw almost a twilight shadow over it.
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