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nounthe time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
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nounlight during the daytimetype of:
Definition that contains daylight
- even the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
- evening the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
- blue the sky as viewed during daylight
- eve the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
- skylight a window in a roof to admit daylight
- doolittle United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993)
- whiteout lose daylight visibility in heavy fog, snow, or rain
- sundial timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial
- eventide the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
- john tyndall British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption of radiant heat by gases and the transmission of sound through the atmosphere; he was the first person to explain why the daylight sky is blue (1820-1893)