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• GEGENSCHEIN (Ger. gegen, opposite, and schein, shine)

GEGENSCHEIN (Ger. gegen, opposite, and schein, shine)  , an extremely faint luminescence of the See also:

• SKY (M. Eng. skie, cloud; O. Eng. skua, shade; connected with an Indo-European root sku, cover, whence " scum," Lat. obscurus, dark, &c.)

sky, seen opposite the direction of the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun . See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany was the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country in which it was first discovered and described . The See also:

• ENGLISH

English rendering " See also:

• COUNTER

counter-glow " is also given to it . Its faintness is such that it can be seen only by a practised See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye under favourable conditions . It is invisible during the greater See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• JUNE

June, See also:

• JULY

July, See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December and See also:

• JANUARY

January, owing to its being then blotted out by the See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior See also:

• LIGHT

light of the Milky Way . It is also invisible during moonlight and near the See also:

• HORIZON (Gr. 6pfTwv, dividing)

horizon, and the neighbourhood of a See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright See also:

• STAR

star or See also:

• PLANET (Gr. ssXavirrns, a wanderer)

planet may interfere with its recognition . When none of these unfavourable conditions supervene it may be seen at nearly any See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time when the See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air is clear and the depression of the sun below the horizon more than 200 .