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Definition daylight

Etymology

From Middle English daye-lighte, dey li?ht, daili?t, day-liht, dai-liht (also as days ly?t, daies liht), equivalent to day +‎ light. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Deegeslucht, Daisljoacht (�daylight�), West Frisian deiljocht (�daylight�), Dutch daglicht (�daylight�), German Tageslicht (�daylight�).

Noun

daylight (countable and uncountable, plural daylights)

1. The light from the Sun, as opposed to that from any other source.
2. A light source that simulates daylight.
3. (countable, photometry) The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
4. The period of time between sunrise and sunset.
5. Daybreak.
6. Exposure to public scrutiny.
7. A clear, open space.
8. (countable, machinery) The space between platens on a press or similar machinery.
9. (idiomatic) Emotional or psychological distance between people, or disagreement.

Verb

daylight (third-person singular simple present daylights, present participle daylighting, simple past and past participle daylighted or daylit)

1. To expose to daylight
2. (architecture) To provide sources of natural illumination such as skylights or windows.
3. To allow light in, as by opening drapes.
4. (landscaping, civil engineering) To run a drainage pipe to an opening from which its contents can drain away naturally.
5. (intransitive) To gain exposure to the open.

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