dim light

collocation in English

meaningsofdimandlight

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dim
adjective
uk
/dɪm/us
/dɪm/
not giving or having ...
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light
noun
uk
/laɪt/us
/laɪt/
the brightness that comes from the sun, fire, etc. and from electrical devices, and that allows things to ...
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(Definition ofdimandlightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdim light

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In front of me, in thedimlight, lies this white paper.
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Seeds were observed daily indimlightthrough a magnifying glass with a scale.
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They stumble indimlight.
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Underdimlight, however, there is a paradoxical increase in wheel-running activity, a phenomenon known as positive masking.
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All procedures were performed underdimlightin a cold room, using chilled solvents and amber vials.
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It was thedimlightof hope.
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In thedimlighttheir eyes meet mine, reaching as an open hand, their ears a bridge across the borders of our lives.
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Atdimlightlevels, for which this noise is relatively large, large receptive fields would increase the signal-to-noise ratio through averaging.
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This solid is depicted as illuminated by one distant but strong light source, and also by two separate nearby butdimlightsources.
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But secrecy in the city mysteries narrative, as in the city itself, extended far beyond the creation of subterranean settings anddimlight.
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Fordimlightstimuli that elicited small-amplitude responses to full-field stimulation, the length constant increased when the stimulus intensity was raised (open circle and square).
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Indimlightor when stripped of their leaves in the dead of winter, however, maples may not display their specific nature so obviously.
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Sympathomimetics affect the outflow of aqueous as does pilocarpine, although the miotic effect produced can be troublesome indimlightor in the presence of cataract.
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That may make me see a referendum in a ratherdimlight.
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Large aperture is good fordimlight.
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He sees a figure running away in thedimlight.
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Time and space are poorly defined in thedimlight.
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Perforated windows bringdimlightinto the inner mantapa.
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First, adimlightis presented at a particular location.
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On land, pinnipeds are near-sighted indimlight.
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Adimlightmay be left on in a cell overnight for purposes of medical observation or security.
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Today's plans will undoubtedly provide adimlightat the end of the tunnel for rail users.
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