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American Heritage Dictionary (1 definition)
- The sun as seen at midnight during the summer within the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
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Wiktionary (1 definition)
- The phenomenon occurring when the Sun does not set, but only approaches the horizon, at midnight; occurs near the summer solstice in the polar regions.
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GNU Webster's 1913 (1 definition)
- The sun shining at midnight in the arctic or antarctic summer.
WordNet (1 definition)
- The sun visible at midnight (inside the arctic or antarctic circles).
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- In the hut a single shaft of light from the midnight sun cut above the mound of snow piled against the window and shone onto the long wooden table, casting distorted shadows against the far wall.—Terra Incognita
And I'm feeling so lame for not being outside RIGHT NOW taking in the gorgeous hues of the midnight sun here in the west end of town, where it is at its most gorgeous.
- There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold -- well, yeah, but it was only a little after noon when Bob Wisdom plopped his loaded lunch tray on our table and sat down like a man disgusted with the universe.—Analog Science Fiction and Fact
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