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sunglints

sunglints is the plural of sunglint.

Meaning of sunglint

Noun

sunglint (countable and uncountable, plural sunglints)

  1. 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

Questions about sunglints

What is sunglints the plural of?
Sunglints is the plural of sunglint.

Words near sunglints in the dictionary

  1. sunglades
  2. sunglass
  3. sunglassed
  4. sunglasses
  5. sunglint
  6. sunglints
  7. sunglow
  8. sunglows
  9. sungod
  10. sungods
  11. Sungold

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