Definitions for earthshine

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earthshine earth·shine

Spelling: [urth-shahyn]

IPA: /ˈɜrθˌʃaɪn/

Earthshine is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 764 anagrams from letters in earthshine (aeehhinrst).

Definitions for earthshine

noun

1. the faint illumination of the part of the moon not illuminated by sunlight, as during a crescent phase, caused by the reflection of light from the earth.

Origin of earthshine

First recorded in 1825-35; earth + shine¹

Examples for earthshine

The ancients were greatly exercised in their minds to account for this "earthlight," or "earthshine," as it is also called.