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gegenschein

Today it means: A faint brightening of the night sky in the region of the ecliptic directly opposite the Sun. Full definition →

German Gegenschein

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German · borrowed fromGegenschein“counter-shine”
English todaygegenschein

Borrowed from German Gegenschein (“counter-shine”), from gegen- + Schein.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.