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Definition of Afterglow

1. Noun. A glow sometimes seen in the sky after sunset.

2. Noun. The pleasure of remembering some pleasant event. "He basked in the afterglow of his victory"

Definition of Afterglow

1. n. A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset.

Definition of Afterglow

1. Noun. the glow seen in the sky after sunset ¹

2. Noun. the light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling ¹

3. Noun. the light emitted by a phosphor after excitation ¹

4. Noun. (context: sex drugs) the mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high. ¹

5. Noun. an afterparty ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Afterglow

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Afterglow

1. Recombination radiation emitted from a cooling plasma when the source of ionisation (heating, etc) is removed. See: recombination radiation. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Afterglow

afterdele afterdischarge afterdischarges aftereffect aftereffects afteregg aftereggs aftereye aftereyed aftereyes

afterfeather afterfeathers afterfest aftergame aftergilding afterglows aftergrowth aftergrowths afterguard afterguards

afterheat afterhind afterimage afterimages afterimpression afterimpressions afterings

Literary usage of Afterglow

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rose-Belford's Canadian Monthly and National Review edited by Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart (1880)
"117. would precipitate itself upon the world I THE afterglow. BY GOWAN LEA. TT is the afterglow. The dying sun •*- Went down behind yon distant purple hill ..."

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