亚洲网紅露点

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noctilucent

[ nok-tuh-loo-suhnt ]

adjective

Meteorology.
  1. (of high-altitude clouds) visible during the short night of the summer.


noctilucent

/ 藢苍蓲办迟瑟藞濒耻藧蝉蓹苍迟 /

adjective

  1. shining at night, usu. of very thin high altitude clouds observable in the summer twilight sky
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noctilucent

  1. Luminous at night. The term is used especially to describe certain high atmospheric cloud formations visible during summer nights at high latitudes.
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Derived Forms

  • 藢苍辞肠迟颈藞濒耻肠别苍肠别, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 苍辞肠顎卼颈路濒耻顎僣别苍肠别 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of noctilucent1

First recorded in 1885鈥90; nocti- + lucent
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Example Sentences

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Strahan also said the excess water vapor could enhance the formation of special noctilucent clouds, which appear as shimmering, ghostlike wisps in the night sky.

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鈥淔olks in the northern U.S. and Canada should absolutely be on the lookout for noctilucent clouds over the long weekend,鈥 Cora Randall, a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, said in an email.

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These clouds are called "noctilucent" because they remain illuminated by the sun even after sunset has occurred at the surface.

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Atmospheric scientists have linked greenhouse gas emissions to a process that contributes to forming noctilucent clouds.

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InSight鈥檚 cameras captured images of noctilucent, or 鈥渘ight-shining鈥 clouds, just after sunset.

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