sunglint
sunglint noun: an optical phenomenon that occurs when sunlight reflects off the surface of water (an ocean, lake or river) directly towards a satellite sensor viewing the surface, so that in the sunglint area of a satellite image, smooth water appears as a silvery mirror, while rougher surface water is relatively dark.
Noun
sunglint (countable and uncountable, plural sunglints)
- An optical phenomenon that occurs when sunlight reflects off the surface of water (an ocean, lake or river) directly towards a satellite sensor viewing the surface, so that in the sunglint area of a satellite image, smooth water appears as a silvery mirror, while rougher surface water is relatively dark.
- The water gets its eerie hue from sunglint, an optical phenomenon that occurs when sunlight reflects directly from the water’s surface into the camera lens.2016 October 29, “Eye me a river”, in New Scientist, number 3097, page 27
Forms of sunglint
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Origin of sunglint
From sun + glint.
Questions about sunglint
- What does sunglint mean?
- Sunglint means an optical phenomenon that occurs when sunlight reflects off the surface of water (an ocean, lake or river) directly towards a satellite sensor viewing the surface, so that in the sunglint area of a satellite image, smooth water appears as a silvery mirror, while rougher surface water is relatively dark.
- What part of speech is sunglint?
- Sunglint is a noun.
- What is the plural of sunglint?
- The plural of sunglint is sunglints.
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