Definition of Daylight
1. Noun. The time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside. "It is easier to make the repairs in the daytime"
Generic synonyms: Period, Period Of Time, Time Period
Group relationships: 24-hour Interval, Day, Mean Solar Day, Solar Day, Twenty-four Hour Period, Twenty-four Hours
Terms within: Forenoon, Morn, Morning, Morning Time
Specialized synonyms: Afternoon, Midafternoon, Eve, Even, Evening, Eventide
Antonyms: Night
2. Noun. Light during the daytime.
Definition of Daylight
1. n. The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light.
Definition of Daylight
1. to illuminate with the light of day [v -LIGHTED or -LIT, -LIGHTING, -LIGHTS]
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Daylight
Literary usage of Daylight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1920)
"364- 373) we have given a method of standardizing the intensity of light in an
optics room illuminated by daylight and have described provisions for keeping ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1868)
"On the Chemical Intensity of Total daylight at Kew and Para in 1805-67." By HENRY E.
ROSCOE, FRS Received May 14, 1867. (Abstract. ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"Breckinridge's division, lull's corps, was kept in position south of Lafayette
to check any movement the enemy might make from that direction. At daylight ..."
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