Dawn: The first appearance of light in the eastern sky before sunrise. It marks the beginning of morning twilight. The visual display is created by the scattering of light reaching the upper atmosphere prior to the sun's rise to the observer's horizon.

 

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Dawn: The first appearance of light in the eastern sky before sunrise. It marks the beginning of morning twilight. The visual display is created by the scattering of light reaching the upper atmos . . . View Full Definition

Dawn Song: (also called an aubade) A genre of poetry common to Europe in which the poem is about the dawn or coming of dawn, or it is a piece of music meant to be sung or played outdoors at dawn. Examp . . . View Full Definition

Dawn Raid: Credit extension beyond normal terms of a credit supplier.

Aubade : A medieval love poem welcoming or lamenting the arrival of the dawn. An example is john donne's 'the sun rising.'

Alba: (Provençal 'dawn') A medieval lyric or morning serenade about the coming of dawn. The alba's refrain typically ends with the word 'dawn.' The theme can be religioius, but more frequently th . . . View Full Definition

Aube: A dawn-song or aubade, but specifically one sung by a friend watching over a pair of lovers until dawn to prevent any interruption to their love-making or to cover up the noise of the love-m . . . View Full Definition

Science Fiction: Literature in which speculative technology, time travel, alien races, intelligent robots, gene-engineering, space travel, experimental medicine, psionic abilities, dimensional portals, or al . . . View Full Definition

Song: A lyric poem with a number of repeating stanzas (called refrains), written to be set to music in either vocal performance or with accompaniment of musical instruments. See dawn song and lyri . . . View Full Definition

St Martins Day: A festival of light that marks the beginning of the Christmas season for people from Scandinavian countries like Sweden, Norway and Denmark. They say, St. Lucia comes to make the darkness di . . . View Full Definition

See you at the Pole: The act of abstaining from food or drink, or fasting, for a complete lunar month from dawn to sunset. Swam is one of the five pillars of Islam.