caligation
noun
Roget 421:
darkness
etc.
adj.,
absence of light;
blackness
etc.
(dark color)
431;
obscurity,
gloom,
murk;
dusk
etc.
(dimness)
422.
Cimmerian darkness†,
Stygian darkness,
Egyptian darkness;
night;
midnight;
dead of night,
witching hour of night,
witching time of night;
blind man's holiday;
darkness visible,
darkness that can be felt;
palpable obscure;
Erebus [Lat.];
the jaws of darkness"
[Midsummer Night's Dream];
sablevested night"
[Milton].
shade,
shadow,
umbra,
penumbra;
sciagraphy†.
obscuration;
occultation,
adumbration,
obumbration†;
obtenebration†,
offuscation†,
caligation†;
extinction;
eclipse,
total eclipse;
gathering of the clouds.
shading;
distribution of shade;
chiaroscuro
etc.
(light)
420.
noctivagation†.
[perfectly black objects]
black body;
hohlraum [Phys.];
black hole;
dark star;
dark matter,
cold dark matter.
... show more
debug info: 0.0206