Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sunglint

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sunglint
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An optical phenomenon that occurs when sunlight reflects off the surface of water (an ocean, lake or river) directly towards a satellite sensor viewing the surface, so that in the sunglint area of a satellite image, smooth water appears as a silvery mirror, while rougher surface water is relatively dark.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The water gets its eerie hue from sunglint, an optical phenomenon that occurs when sunlight reflects directly from the water’s surface into the camera lens."

Etymology

From sun + glint.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sunglints (plural)

Questions

What does sunglint mean?: An optical phenomenon that occurs when sunlight reflects off the surface of water (an ocean, lake or river) directly towards a satellite sensor viewing the surface, so that in the sunglint area of a satellite image, smooth water appears as a silvery mirror, while rougher surface water is relatively dark.
Where does sunglint come from?: From sun + glint.

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