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civil twilights

civil twilights is the plural of civil twilight.

Meaning of civil twilight

Noun

civil twilight (countable and uncountable, plural civil twilights)

  1. The period in which the sun is less than six degrees below the horizon in the morning and evening.
    • The shortest civil twilights take place on the 29th of September and the 15th of March, the longest on the 21st of June; the shortest astronomical twilights fall upon the 7th of October and the 6th of March, the longest on the 21st of June1873, Camille Flammarion, James Glaisher, The Atmosphere, page 116

Questions about civil twilights

What is civil twilights the plural of?
Civil twilights is the plural of civil twilight.

Words near civil twilights in the dictionary

  1. civil tongue
  2. civil tongues
  3. civil trial
  4. civil trials
  5. civil twilight
  6. civil twilights
  7. civil union
  8. civil unions
  9. civil violation
  10. civil violations
  11. civil war

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