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Definition of Crepuscular
1. Adjective. Like twilight; dim. "The evening's crepuscular charm"
Definition of Crepuscular
1. a. Pertaining to twilight; glimmering; hence, imperfectly clear or luminous.
Definition of Crepuscular
1. Adjective. Of or resembling twilight; dim ¹
2. Adjective. (zoology) active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crepuscular
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Crepuscular
1. Pertaining to a twilight state of consciousness. Origin: L. Crepusculum, twilight (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crepuscular
Literary usage of Crepuscular
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Course of Meteorology by Ludwig Friedrich Kämtz, Léon Louis Chrétien Lalanne, Charles Martins (1845)
"crepuscular RAYS.—When a cloud intercepts the light of a part of the atmosphere,
it projects a ... It is commonly said that crepuscular rays announce rain, ..."
2. Nature by Norman Lockyer, Nature Publishing Group (1875)
"... I am inclined to infer that G. odoratissima is more adapted to fertilisation
by crepuscular and nocturnal than by diurnal Lepidoptera. FIG. 58. ..."
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