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earthshine

Syllables: earth·shine/ˈɜːθʃaɪn//ˈɜɹθʃaɪn/

earthshine noun: sunlight reflected from the Earth's surface, especially when visible on the part of the Moon's surface not illuminated by the Sun (the night side); earthlight.

earthshine: sunlight reflected from the Earth's surface, especially when visible on the part of the Moon's...
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Noun (1)

earthshine (uncountable)

  1. Sunlight reflected from the Earth's surface, especially when visible on the part of the Moon's surface not illuminated by the Sun (the night side); earthlight.

Noun (2) capitalized: Earthshine

Earthshine (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of earthshine.

earthshine meaning in Malayalam, Arabic, Malay and Indonesian

earthshine in Malayalam

sunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
ഭൂനിലാവ് bhūnilāvŭ

earthshine in Arabic

sunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
ضوء الأرض

earthshine in Malay

sunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
cahaya bumi

earthshine in Indonesian

sunlight reflected from the Earth’s surface
cahaya bumi, sinar bumi
More languagesFewer languages
earthshine in Persian
زمینتاب zamintâb
earthshine in Thai
แสงโลก
earthshine in Vietnamese
ánh sáng Trái Đất

Forms of earthshine

alternative formEarthshine
alternative formearth-shine

Origin of earthshine

From earth + shine (noun), modelled after moonshine.

Questions about earthshine

What does earthshine mean?
Earthshine means sunlight reflected from the Earth's surface, especially when visible on the part of the Moon's surface not illuminated by the Sun (the night side); earthlight.
What is earthshine in Malayalam?
Earthshine in Malayalam is ഭൂനിലാവ് (bhūnilāvŭ). See Earthshine meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is earthshine?
Earthshine is a noun.
How do you pronounce earthshine?
Earthshine is pronounced /ˈɜːθʃaɪn/ (UK).

Words near earthshine in the dictionary

  1. earthshaker
  2. earthshakers
  3. earthshaking
  4. earthshakingly
  5. earthshattering
  6. earthshine
  7. earthship
  8. earthships
  9. earthshock
  10. earthshocks
  11. earthside

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Adapted from Wiktionary: earthshine (page history and authors); Earthshine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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