"zodiacal light" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: zodiacal lights [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} zodiacal light (plural zodiacal lights)
  1. (astronomy) A soft glow of white light seen in the sky along the ecliptic in an elongated triangular form with its base being on the horizon, particularly in the tropics. Wikipedia link: zodiacal light Categories (topical): Astronomy, Constellations in the zodiac Derived forms: exozodiacal light Related terms: exozodiacal dust, zodiacal cloud, zodiacal dust, gegenschein, Kordylewski cloud Translations (soft glow of white light extending upward from the horizon along the ecliptic, particularly in the tropics): اَلْفَجْر اَلْكَاذِب (al-fajr al-kāḏib) (Arabic), সুবহে কাযিব (subhe kazib) (Bengali), zvířetníkové světlo [neuter] (Czech), eläinratavalo (Finnish), 황도광 (hwangdogwang) (alt: 黃道光) (Korean), lumină zodiacală [feminine] (Romanian), зодиака́льный свет (zodiakálʹnyj svet) [masculine] (Russian), luz zodiacal [feminine] (Spanish), zodiakalljus [neuter] (Swedish)

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