light pollution

noun

An excess of artificial light, especially near urban areas, reducing visibility of stars, etc. in the night sky.

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photopollution
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Meanings

nounlight pollution (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn excess of artificial light, especially near urban areas, reducing visibility of stars, etc. in the night sky.

    Synonyms: photopollution

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn excess of artificial light, especially near urban areas, reducing visibility of stars, etc. in the night sky.

Similar
photopollution

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 光污染, 光害
  • 光污染 (guāngwūrǎn)excess artificial light
  • 光害 (guānghài)excess artificial light
Danish lysforurening
  • lysforureningexcess artificial light
Dutch lichtvervuiling
  • lichtvervuilingexcess artificial light
Finnish valosaaste
  • valosaasteexcess artificial light
French pollution lumineuse
  • pollution lumineuseexcess artificial light
German Lichtverschmutzung
  • Lichtverschmutzungexcess artificial light
Greek φωτορύπανση
  • φωτορύπανση (fotorýpansi)excess artificial light
Hindi प्रकाश प्रदूषण
  • प्रकाश प्रदूषण (prakāś pradūṣaṇ)excess artificial light
Hungarian fényszennyezés
  • fényszennyezésexcess artificial light
Italian inquinamento luminoso
  • inquinamento luminosoexcess artificial light
Japanese 光害
  • 光害excess artificial light
Portuguese poluição visual
  • poluição visualexcess artificial light
Romanian poluare luminoasă
  • poluare luminoasăexcess artificial light
Russian светово́е загрязне́ние
  • светово́е загрязне́ние (svetovóje zagrjaznénije)excess artificial light
Spanish contaminación lumínica
  • contaminación lumínicaexcess artificial light
Swedish ljusförorening, ljusnedsmutsning
  • ljusföroreningexcess artificial light
  • ljusnedsmutsningexcess artificial light
Thai มลภาวะทางแสง
  • มลภาวะทางแสง (mon-lá-paa-wá-taang-sɛ̌ɛng)excess artificial light
Ukrainian світлове́ забру́днення
  • світлове́ забру́днення (svitlové zabrúdnennja)excess artificial light
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light pollution. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/light%20pollution

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“light pollution.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/light%20pollution. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “light pollution,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/light%20pollution.

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