| zodiacal light n. A faint hazy cone of light, often visible in the west just after sunset or in the east just before sunrise, apparently caused by the reflection of sunlight from meteoric particles in the plane of the ecliptic. |
zodiacal light
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a very faint cone of light in the sky, visible in the east just before sunrise and in the west just after sunset. It is probably due to the reflection of sunlight from cosmic dust in the plane of the ecliptic
zodi′acal light′
n.
a luminous tract in the sky, seen in the west after sunset or in the east before sunrise.
[1725–35]
zodiacal light (z -d   -kl) A faint hazy cone of light, often visible in the west just after sunset or in the east just before sunrise, and elongated in the direction of the ecliptic on each side of the Sun. It is apparently caused by the reflection of sunlight from meteoric particles in the plane of the ecliptic. |
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| Noun | 1. |  zodiacal light - a luminous tract in the sky; a reflection of sunlight from cosmic dust in the plane of the ecliptic; visible just before sunrise and just after sunsetreflexion, reflection - the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface |
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