gegenschein

/ˈɡeɪ.ɡənˌʃaɪn/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Countable; Uncountable

"My object in appearing before the Association, at this time, is to present the observations of several other persons on the gegenschein or completed arch of the zodiacal light, of which I have received accounts since our meeting in Motreal."
"The zodiacal light, gegenschein, and zodiacal band … are all visible."

Borrowed from German Gegenschein (“counter-shine”), from gegen- + Schein.

gegenscheins (plural)

Kordylewski cloud zodiacal light

Kordylewski cloud zodiacal light

counterglow

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Borrowed from German Gegenschein (“counter-shine”), from gegen- + Schein.

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