Unillumined
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not illumined; unlit. not-comparable
"[A] peculiar luminous and sinuous marking appeared on the unillumined half of the inner planet, and almost simultaneously a faint dark mark of a similar sinuous character was detected upon a photograph of the Martian disc."
Example
More examples"[A] peculiar luminous and sinuous marking appeared on the unillumined half of the inner planet, and almost simultaneously a faint dark mark of a similar sinuous character was detected upon a photograph of the Martian disc."
Etymology
From un- + illumined.
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