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Definition of Total darkness
1. Noun. Total absence of light. "In the black of night"
Generic synonyms: Dark, Darkness
Derivative terms: Black, Lightless, Lightless, Pitch-black
Lexicographical Neighbors of Total Darkness
Literary usage of Total darkness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Lorenzo De' Medici, Called the Magnificent. by William Roscoe (1797)
"... at times perceive the vivid sallies of imagination, it is only as \ve see
coruscations from a cloud by night, which leave us again in total darkness. ..."
2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1859)
"The golden yellow solution of this salt undergoes no change when kept in total
darkness, but on exposure ..."
3. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"Side of a Beaker Full of Water in total darkness When it Was Heavier than the Water.
Table :-hows Results After Two Minutes. ..."
4. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Roger, Matthew Paris (1849)
"... but was sunk in total darkness ; and thus this bishop, according to the sentence
of the man of God, died at the end of seven years. ..."
5. The Theological and Literary Journal (1851)
"... who should attempt to act in concert, and accomplish great and difficult
undertakings, when enveloped in total darkness. He gives the usual construction ..."
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