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accidental lights

accidental lights is the plural of accidental light.

Meaning of accidental light

Noun

accidental light (plural accidental lights)

  1. (painting) A secondary light; an effect of light other than ordinary daylight, such as the rays of the sun darting through a cloud, or between the leaves of trees; the effect of moonlight, candlelight, or burning bodies.
    • Another species of accidental light, is occaſioned by the One thing more should be observed1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopædia

Questions about accidental lights

What is accidental lights the plural of?
Accidental lights is the plural of accidental light.

Words near accidental lights in the dictionary

  1. accidental death
  2. accidental deaths
  3. accidental gap
  4. accidental gaps
  5. accidental light
  6. accidental lights
  7. accidental point
  8. accidental points
  9. accidental properties
  10. accidental property
  11. accidentalism

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