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ringshine

ringshine noun: sunlight that is reflected from the ring around a planet (such as the one around Saturn), visible on the night side of the planet.

Noun

ringshine (uncountable)

  1. Sunlight that is reflected from the ring around a planet (such as the one around Saturn), visible on the night side of the planet.
    • The spacecraft photographed the planet's sunlit crescent, the ring shadows falling on the planet, and Saturn's dark hemisphere illuminated by "ringshine."1980, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Voyager 1 encounters Saturn, page 33
    • One, the ``dragon storm, is shown in Figure 5.28 (see color section), while another example, on Saturn's night side, but illuminated by ``ringshine (i.e., light reflected from Saturn's rings) is shown in Figure 5.29.2009, Patrick Irwin, Giant Planets of Our Solar System, →ISBN, page 197

Origin of ringshine

From ring + shine.

Questions about ringshine

What does ringshine mean?
Ringshine means sunlight that is reflected from the ring around a planet (such as the one around Saturn), visible on the night side of the planet.
What part of speech is ringshine?
Ringshine is a noun.

Words near ringshine in the dictionary

  1. rings up the curtain
  2. ringsail
  3. ringsails
  4. ringsful
  5. Ringsheim
  6. ringshine
  7. ringside
  8. ringside seat
  9. ringside seats
  10. ringsider
  11. ringsiders

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