"dry light" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dry lights [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} dry light (usually uncountable, plural dry lights)
  1. Pure unobstructed light. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-dry_light-en-noun-yTmP-mjA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Light Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Light: 97 3
  2. (figurative, by extension) A clear, impartial view. Tags: broadly, figuratively, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-dry_light-en-noun-ZzhHpPYX

Inflected forms

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