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Twilight (medicine) and structure 1, noun (oh)


Twilight (medicine)


twilight


1. The light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun, or when the sun is less than 18 deg below the horizon, occasioned by the illumination of the earth's atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.

2. Faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which anything is viewed. "As when the sun . . . From behind the moon, In dim eclipse. Disastrous twilight sheds." (Milton) "The twilight of probability." (Locke)

Origin: OE. Twilight, AS. Twi- (see Twice) + leoht light; hence the sense of doubtful or half light; cf. LG. Twelecht, G. Zwielicht. See Light.

Source: Websters Dictionary


structure 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: structura 'act of building', from struere 'to make into a pile, build']
[U and C] the way in which the parts of something are connected with each Other and form a whole, or the thing that these parts make up
social/political/economic etc structure
::the social structure of organizations
::challenges to the existing power structure
::A new Management structure has been introduced.
structure of
::the structure of the brain
::molecular structures
[C] something that has been built, especially something large such as a building or a bridge
::a high wooden structure with a curved roof
[U and C] a situation where activities are carefully organized and planned
::These kids require a lot of structure and stability.
-see also career structure at career 1 (1)