nightside
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- noun
- /ˈnaɪtsaɪd/
- Specialized
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lado nocturno
- The sun broke over the edge of Earth, bringing with it a slender blue-white sickle of dawn that encroached on the expanse of darkness that was the planet's nightside as seen from low orbit.
- the nightside of a planet
Examples
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The astronomers focused their observations on the planet's nightside, where temperatures could be measured in total darkness.
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Polaris slipped toward the nightside slowly.
Fiction book (1990) -
Internal processes within the magnetospheric tail cause aurorae on the nightside of the Earth, resulting from energy being deposited about 100-200 km up in the form of energetic electrons.
Blog text (28) -
The sun broke over the edge of Earth, bringing with it a slender blue-white sickle of dawn that encroached on the expanse of darkness that was the planet's nightside as seen from low.
Blog text (32) -
The excitation on the dayside is caused by solar UV and X-ray; on the nightside, by the aurorae and precipitating particles from the tail in general.
Blog text (28) -
The nightside of the moon remains completely devoid of sunlight, allowing for a cooler temperature than its sunlit surface.
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During their study, the scientists discovered unique geological formations only visible on the nightside of the planet.
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Morphology
Etymology
The word nightside comes from night ('the dark time') and side ('part'), so it literally means the part of a planet or place that is not lit by the sun. That is why people talk about the Earth's nightside when they mean the dark side you see from space.