Afterglow
noun
The light or radiance remaining in the sky after the sun has set.
They watched the sunset and enjoyed the afterglow.
Often appears as...
- bask in the afterglow
- sunset afterglow
noun
A good feeling or effect remaining after a positive or successful event.
After the concert, she was still basking in the afterglow of the applause.
Often appears as...
- bask in the afterglow
- afterglow of success
noun
The emission of light following the removal of the light source, typically seen in heated or phosphorescent materials.
The screen of the old television had an eerie afterglow even when switched off.
Often appears as...
- phosphorescent afterglow
- lingering afterglow
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Technical
noun
The light or radiance remaining in the sky after the sun has set.
They watched the sunset and enjoyed the afterglow.
Often appears as...
- bask in the afterglow
- sunset afterglow
noun
A good feeling or effect remaining after a positive or successful event.
After the concert, she was still basking in the afterglow of the applause.
Often appears as...
- bask in the afterglow
- afterglow of success
noun
The emission of light following the removal of the light source, typically seen in heated or phosphorescent materials.
The screen of the old television had an eerie afterglow even when switched off.
Often appears as...
- phosphorescent afterglow
- lingering afterglow
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Poetic Use
Often found in literature or poetry to evoke a tranquil, serene scene or moment.
The afterglow bathed the valley, painting everything in a soft, warm light.
Pro Tip 2/3Romantic Context
Can be used to describe romantic settings, implying a sense of intimacy.
They held hands in the afterglow, lost in each other's gaze.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
Use 'afterglow' to create a visual picture with emotional impact in descriptive writing.
The afterglow lingered, giving the old town a dreamy quality.
Pro Tip 1/3Poetic Use
Often found in literature or poetry to evoke a tranquil, serene scene or moment.
The afterglow bathed the valley, painting everything in a soft, warm light.
Pro Tip 2/3Romantic Context
Can be used to describe romantic settings, implying a sense of intimacy.
They held hands in the afterglow, lost in each other's gaze.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
Use 'afterglow' to create a visual picture with emotional impact in descriptive writing.
The afterglow lingered, giving the old town a dreamy quality.
Pro Tip 1/3Poetic Use
Often found in literature or poetry to evoke a tranquil, serene scene or moment.
The afterglow bathed the valley, painting everything in a soft, warm light.
Pro Tip 2/3Romantic Context
Can be used to describe romantic settings, implying a sense of intimacy.
They held hands in the afterglow, lost in each other's gaze.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
Use 'afterglow' to create a visual picture with emotional impact in descriptive writing.
The afterglow lingered, giving the old town a dreamy quality.
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Dark matter: The matter...
to provide enough gravity to hold them together. From what we can see, they ought to fly apart, but they don't. So there must be stuff there that we can't see. We call that stuff dark matter. The best evidence for dark matter today comes from measurements of something called the cosmic microwave background, the afterglow of the Big Bang,
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Distant time and the...
questions for you number one if the universe lasts for ten to the ten to the hundred twenty years why are we born in the first fourteen billion years of it in the warm comfortable afterglow of the Big Bang why aren't we in empty space you might say well there's nothing there to be living but that's not right you
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Distant time and the...
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Allan Adams: The...
and here's how they found it. Those waves have long since faded. If you go for a walk, you don't wiggle. Those gravitational waves in the structure of space are totally invisible for all practical purposes. But early on, when the universe was making that last afterglow, the gravitational waves
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What the discovery of...
but we'll never see them, because the Big Bang itself is obscured by its own afterglow. With gravitational waves, we should be able to see all the way back to the beginning. Perhaps most importantly, I'm positive that there are things out there
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The "Joy" of "Upside...
would wake up in the afterglow of these false dreams and then I would kind of come to and I would always feel a little ripped off by the reality of my circumstances versus what was happening in my dream world there is however some
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A 3D atlas of the...
sense of how far away we are as we move out the light from these distant galaxies have taken so long we're essentially backing up into the path we back so far up we're finally seeing a containment around us the afterglow of
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The year in ideas: TED...
and then finally you see a faint, fading afterglow, and it's the afterglow of the Big Bang. Hugh We the people need not accept our limitations, but can transcend disability through technological innovation.
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Spectacular, glorious,...
down below chasing the afterglow we won't have everything do so you tell us we're free
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Owlet vs. Hawk Moth PIPE...
an afterglow of moon dust for the forests other diners
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Dark matter: The matter...
to provide enough gravity to hold them together. From what we can see, they ought to fly apart, but they don't. So there must be stuff there that we can't see. We call that stuff dark matter. The best evidence for dark matter today comes from measurements of something called the cosmic microwave background, the afterglow of the Big Bang,
Video examples
Distant time and the...
questions for you number one if the universe lasts for ten to the ten to the hundred twenty years why are we born in the first fourteen billion years of it in the warm comfortable afterglow of the Big Bang why aren't we in empty space you might say well there's nothing there to be living but that's not right you
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Distant time and the...
questions for you number one if the universe lasts for ten to the ten to the hundred twenty years why are we born in the first fourteen billion years of it in the warm comfortable afterglow of the Big Bang why aren't we in empty space you might say well there's nothing there to be living but that's not right you
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Allan Adams: The...
and here's how they found it. Those waves have long since faded. If you go for a walk, you don't wiggle. Those gravitational waves in the structure of space are totally invisible for all practical purposes. But early on, when the universe was making that last afterglow, the gravitational waves
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What the discovery of...
but we'll never see them, because the Big Bang itself is obscured by its own afterglow. With gravitational waves, we should be able to see all the way back to the beginning. Perhaps most importantly, I'm positive that there are things out there
Video examples
The "Joy" of "Upside...
would wake up in the afterglow of these false dreams and then I would kind of come to and I would always feel a little ripped off by the reality of my circumstances versus what was happening in my dream world there is however some
Video examples
A 3D atlas of the...
sense of how far away we are as we move out the light from these distant galaxies have taken so long we're essentially backing up into the path we back so far up we're finally seeing a containment around us the afterglow of
Video examples
The year in ideas: TED...
and then finally you see a faint, fading afterglow, and it's the afterglow of the Big Bang. Hugh We the people need not accept our limitations, but can transcend disability through technological innovation.
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Spectacular, glorious,...
down below chasing the afterglow we won't have everything do so you tell us we're free
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Owlet vs. Hawk Moth PIPE...
an afterglow of moon dust for the forests other diners
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Martin Seligman
American Psychologist
If the point of the inner-child movement is to cure adult problems, it doesn't work. Reliving childhood traumas gives you a nice afterglow, but it lasts only for hours or days. There is no evidence it changes adult problems.
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Mike Posner
American Musician
How can a song all about struggling with the afterglow of fame thrust someone into fame? How can a lyric like, 'I'm just a singer who already blew his shot,' give a singer another shot? I don't know... but it's funny.
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Ariel Gore
American Journalist
I think there are different kinds of happiness. We know when we're happy a lot of the time, but then there are those moments that have more of an afterglow, when the happiness has more depth.
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Theodore Isaac Rubin
American Psychologist
Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.
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Bob Graham
American Politician
The president, clearly as a result of the war and the afterglow of the war, is in a time of great attention.
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Ned Rorem
American Composer
Divine fires do not blaze each day, but an artist functions in their afterglow hoping for their recurrence.
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Martin Seligman
American Psychologist
If the point of the inner-child movement is to cure adult problems, it doesn't work. Reliving childhood traumas gives you a nice afterglow, but it lasts only for hours or days. There is no evidence it changes adult problems.
Quote examples
Mike Posner
American Musician
How can a song all about struggling with the afterglow of fame thrust someone into fame? How can a lyric like, 'I'm just a singer who already blew his shot,' give a singer another shot? I don't know... but it's funny.
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Ariel Gore
American Journalist
I think there are different kinds of happiness. We know when we're happy a lot of the time, but then there are those moments that have more of an afterglow, when the happiness has more depth.
Quote examples
Theodore Isaac Rubin
American Psychologist
Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.
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Bob Graham
American Politician
The president, clearly as a result of the war and the afterglow of the war, is in a time of great attention.
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Ned Rorem
American Composer
Divine fires do not blaze each day, but an artist functions in their afterglow hoping for their recurrence.
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