daylight
Between dawn, dusk
Daylight is the natural light of day, as opposed to darkness or artificial light.
It extends to the period when the sun is up: We need to finish before we lose daylight.
The plural daylight appears in scare the daylights out of and beat the daylights out of—intensifiers suggesting something essential is expelled.
To see daylight is to glimpse an end or solution after difficulty.
Of the star
- sunshineDirect rays from above
- sun exposureLight from sky reaching skin
- vitamin DCalcium absorption enabler
- ultravioletWavelengths shorter than violet
sunbeam · sunburn · tan · sunscreen · photosynthesis · glare · sunbathing · sunhat
Day's first glow
- sunriseMorning light's arrival
- earlyOccurring before expected
- daybreakMorning's first light
- cockcrowDawn, announced by fowl
sunup · waking · freshness · birdsong · dew · commute · breakfast · routine
Degree of light emitted
- luminanceLight per unit area
- contrastNotable difference between things
- illuminationProvision of light
- clarityState of being understandable
legibility · discernibility · visual range · exposure · color rendering · clearness
Sunlit portion of day
- business hoursScheduled time for commerce
- working hoursScheduled time for labor
- photoperiodDuration of daily light
- long daysExtended periods of daylight
Accordance with reality
- exposureState of being unprotected
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- transparencyState of being see-through
- opennessQuality of being accessible
scrutiny · honesty · public eye · disclosure · accountability · nothing to hide
Glass-fitted wall opening
- skylightWindow in a roof
- clerestoryElevated fenestrated church wall
- atriumRoofed central hall
- fenestrationPlacement of openings
solar
Of the star
- sunshineDirect rays from above
- sun exposureLight from sky reaching skin
- vitamin DCalcium absorption enabler
ultraviolet · sunbeam · sunburn · tan · sunscreen · photosynthesis · glare · sunbathing · sunhat · sunglasses
dawn
Day's first glow
cockcrow · sunup · waking · freshness · birdsong · dew · commute · breakfast · routine · golden hour
brightness
Degree of light emitted
- luminanceLight per unit area
- contrastNotable difference between things
- illuminationProvision of light
clarity · legibility · discernibility · visual range · exposure · color rendering · clearness
daytime
Sunlit portion of day
- business hoursScheduled time for commerce
- working hoursScheduled time for labor
- photoperiodDuration of daily light
truth
Accordance with reality
- exposureState of being unprotected
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- transparencyState of being see-through
openness · scrutiny · honesty · public eye · disclosure · accountability · nothing to hide
window
Glass-fitted wall opening
- skylightWindow in a roof
- clerestoryElevated fenestrated church wall
- atriumRoofed central hall
daylightmoonlight
Reflected solar radiance, nocturnal
starlight · candlelight · artificial light · blackness · lamplight
- broad daylightFully visible daytime conditions
- in broad daylightPlainly visible to all
- daylight savingsSeasonal hour adjustment
- daylight savings timeSeasonal clock advancement
- see daylightApproach completion of something
- daylight hoursPeriod of natural illumination
daylights, daylighting, daylighted, daylight robbery, daylight saving time, daylight saving, daylight savings