zodiacal lights
zodiacal lights is the plural of zodiacal light.
Meaning of zodiacal light
Noun
zodiacal light (plural zodiacal lights)
- A soft glow of white light seen in the sky along the ecliptic in an elongated triangular form with its base being on the horizon, particularly in the tropics.
- I also, this morning gave attention to the stars as seen through the Zodiacal Light, and found, even to 4ʰ 30ᵐ, when the effulgent Light below the zigzag lines is very strong, that with the naked eye I could readily make out stars of the 6th magnitude within the effulgent Light; [...]1856, George Jones, “No. 271. December 30th, 1854: Morning.”, in Observations on the Zodiacal Light, from April 2, 1853, to April 22, 1855, Made Chiefly on Board the United States Steam-Frigate...
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- What is zodiacal lights the plural of?
- Zodiacal lights is the plural of zodiacal light.
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