afterglow
afterglow
Definition
after·glow (--glō′)
noun
- the glow remaining after a light has gone, as after sunset
- the pleasant feeling one has after an enjoyable experience
afterglow
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- detect: The UVOT detected afterglows from these two bursts in optical light, but not significantly in ultraviolet.
- enjoy: As the city roar dies away and light ebbs from these busy plains the mountain enjoys the afterglow and radiates its presence.
- leave: I'd like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done.
- study: These telescopes study the afterglow of the burst produced by the cooling material that remain from the original explosion.
- have: With the discovery that they too have an afterglow, we may now finally have at least a small handle to study them.
Adjective modifier
- warm: A wonderfully long finish and a warm afterglow make this a very pleasurable, lip-smacking dram.
- first: The scientific returns have been significant, for example: finding the first optical afterglow ( van Paradijs et al.
- optical: The scientific returns have been significant, for example: finding the first optical afterglow ( van Paradijs et al.
- immediate: At the moment, the definition is nothing like as flattering as he assumed it would be in the immediate afterglow of victory.
- fading: For the next few weeks to years astronomers continue to monitor the fading afterglow.
- faint: Distant and faint gamma-ray burst afterglows will appear as tiny smudges of light even to the powerful UVOT.
Modifies a noun
- emission: Significant X-ray afterglow emission faded from this burst within about 1000 seconds after the burst, and no UVOT detection has been reported.
- phenomenon: However, they last from only a few milliseconds to a few minutes with an afterglow phenomenon frequently following the initial gamma-ray flash.
Noun used with modifier
- X-ray: At the center of each, the X-ray afterglow of the GRB can be seen.
- burst: Distant and faint gamma-ray burst afterglows will appear as tiny smudges of light even to the powerful UVOT.
- gamma-ray: Distant and faint gamma-ray burst afterglows will appear as tiny smudges of light even to the powerful UVOT.
Preposition: of
- burst: These telescopes study the afterglow of the burst produced by the cooling material that remain from the original explosion.
- victory: The afterglow of victory is often the most opportune time to be hypercritical.
- sunset: The sky to the right had an afterglow of sunset, but ahead and to the left it was very dark.
Preposition: from
- burst: Do we see an afterglow from every gamma ray burst?
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