Airglow Definition

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noun
A low- or middle-latitude, more or less steady, faint photochemical luminescence visible in the upper atmosphere at night.
American Heritage
The steady, faint glow, usually seen in the night sky, caused by molecules and atoms in the upper atmosphere that slowly release photochemical energy: visible only over middle and low latitudes.
Webster's New World

A faint illumination in the night sky due to photochemical luminescence in the upper atmosphere.

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airglow
Plural:
airglows

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