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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The glow frequently seen in the sky after sunset.
  • noun A second or secondary glow, as in heated metal before it ceases to be incandescent.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun the glow seen in the sky after sunset
  • noun the light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling
  • noun the light emitted by a phosphor after excitation
  • noun the mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a glow sometimes seen in the sky after sunset
  • noun the pleasure of remembering some pleasant event

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