Afterlight

Quick meaning: Afterlight is a noun meaning Light that follows something, especially the dim light in the sky after the sun has fully set.

Meaning

Light that follows something, especially the dim light in the sky after the sun has fully set.

Example Sentences

the simplifying afterlight of metaphor

The sun had set some time since, but the landscape was still clear in the mellow afterlight.

For years they saw each other in full daylight only on Sundays. The rest of the time they spoke or touched or ate in darkness. Predawn darkness and the afterlight of sunset.

1949, Dorothy L. Sayers (translator), The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri Cantica 1: Hell, Penguin, Canto 16, p. 170, So may thy soul these many years abide / Housed in thy body, and the after-light / Of fame shine long behind thee,

Synonyms for afterlight

Depending on context, synonyms include afterglow.

Antonyms for afterlight

Common opposites include foreglow, forelight.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include afterglow, backlighting, sunset, synchro-sunlight, backshine, snowlight.

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