gegenschein [gey-guh n-shahyn]
noun, Astronomy.
1. a faint, elliptical patch of light in the night sky that appears opposite the sun, being a reflection of sunlight by meteoric material in space.
Also called counterglow.
Compare zodiacal light.
Origin: 1875-80; < German Gegenschein counterglow
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