darkening en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of something becoming darker.
At last the first glimpse from a bridge of an open-top red bus, and a noticeable darkening of the atmosphere from the smoke of London: then the increasingly dingy stations with double-barrel names, set amid what has always been to me the outstanding feature of the "Premier Line" approach to London—the positively marvellous display of crazy chimney-pots on the grey inner suburban houses. As many as twenty, all of varying style, standing together like ranks of jagged teeth, and providing a Dickensian back-cloth which no other route can boast.
1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 704:NEGATIVE FLASHES — Brief darkenings of a light that is otherwise steadily on.
1978, Gerald Leonard Howett, Kenneth Low Kelly, E. Thomas Pierce, Emergency vehicle warning lights: state of the art:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| darkenings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
gravity darkening · photodarkening · antidarkening · limb darkening
Relateds
Translations (2)
grc ἀμαύρωσις (act of something becoming darker) · ar تَسْوِيد (act of something becoming darker)