Definition of Nightside

1. Noun. (astronomy) The side of a planet that faces away from the sun around which it orbits ¹

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Definition of Nightside

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nightside

nightmen
nightrider
nights
nights out
nightscape
nightscapes
nightscope
nightscopes
nightshade
nightshades
nightshift
nightshifts
nightshirt
nightshirted
nightshirts
nightside (current term)
nightsides
nightsoil
nightspot
nightspots
nightstand
nightstands
nightstick
nightstick fracture
nightsticks
nightstool
nightsuit
nightsuits
nighttide
nighttides

Literary usage of Nightside

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

1. Plasma Physics Of The Local Cosmos by National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Solar and Space Physics (2004)
"nightside reconnection closes Earth's field again through the merging of these open field lines. Magnetic reconnection is the principal mechanism by which ..."

2. The History of the Supernatural in All Ages and Nations: And in All Churches by William Howitt (1863)
"In Mrs. Crowe's ' nightside of Nature,' will also be found the account of the hauntings of an old house at Cheshunt, belonging to Sir Henry Meux. ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1871)
"... I showed her some of the dark, black nightside of the great city. We had once or twice previously thought that ..."

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