Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zodiacal light

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables: zo-di-a-cal -light
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"I also, this morning gave attention to the stars as seen through the Zodiacal Light, and found, even to 4ʰ 30ᵐ, when the effulgent Light below the zigzag lines is very strong, that with the naked eye I could readily make out stars of the 6th magnitude within the effulgent Light; [...]"
"Westward I saw the zodiacal light mingling with the yellow brilliance of the evening star."

Inflected Forms

zodiacal lights (plural)

Phrases

exozodiacal light exozodiacal dust zodiacal cloud zodiacal dust Kordylewski cloud

Frequently Paired Words

exozodiacal dust zodiacal cloud zodiacal dust gegenschein Kordylewski cloud

Questions

What does zodiacal light mean?: 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.

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