"light echo" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: light echos [plural], light echoes [plural]
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  1. (astronomy) A phenomenon caused by light reflected off surfaces distant from the source, and arriving at the observer with a delay relative to this distance, analogous to an echo of sound. Wikipedia link: light echo Categories (topical): Astronomy Translations (phenomenon observed in astronomy): Lichtecho [neuter] (German)

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