Look up: night

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   night
   [n] - a shortening of nightfall 2. [n] - a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom 3. [n] - the period spent sleeping 4. [n] - the time between sunset and midnight 5. [n] - the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside 6. [n] - the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit 7. [n] - darkness
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   night
   the hours between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight or such other period between sunset and sunrise as may be specified by the appropriate authority Category: The cosmos • The hours between the end of evening civil twilight and the beginning of morning civil twilight or such other period between sunset and sunrise,as may be prescribed by the ...
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   Night
   Night noun [ Middle English night , niht , Anglo-Saxon neaht , niht ; akin to Dutch nacht , Old Saxon & Old High German naht , German nacht , Icelandic n...tt , Swedish natt , Danish nat , Goth. nachts, Lithuanian naktis , Russian noche , W. nos , Ir. nochd , Latin nox , noctis , ...
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   night
   Origin: OE. Night, niht, AS. Neaht, niht; akin to D. Nacht, OS. & OHG. Naht, G. Nacht, Icel. Ntt, Sw. Natt, Dan. Nat, Goth. Nachts, Lith. Naktis, Russ. Noche, W. Nos, Ir. Nochd, L. Nox, noctis, gr, Skr. Nakta, nakti. ... Cf. Equinox, Nocturnal. ... 1. That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sun ...
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   night
   nighttime noun the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
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   night
   noun darkness; `it vanished into the night`
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   Night
   `Night` or `nighttime` is the period of time when the sun is below the horizon. The opposite of night is day (or `daytime` to distinguish it from `day` as used for a 24-hour period). Time of day varies based on factors such as season, latitude, longitude and timezone.
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   Night
   • (n.) Darkness; obscurity; concealment. • (n.) A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep. • (n.) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night of sorrow. • (n.) That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the time between dusk and dawn,...
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   Night
   (from the article `Michelangelo`) ...at the time, but otherwise they form a contrast: Dawn, a virginal figure, strains upward along her curve as if trying to emerge into life; Night ... ...the tomb of Lorenzo, and before the observer the Madonna and Christ Child with the Medici patron saints, Cosmas and Damian; and beneath the two ... ...
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    Night
    (from the article `Wiesel, Elie`) ...in France, Wiesel was urged by the novelist François Mauriac to bear witness to what he had experienced in the concentration camps. The outcome ...
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    Night
    Night Greek: Nyx (goddess) Latin: Nox (goddess)
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    NIGHT
    The period of the day between dusk and dawn.
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