light pollution

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Noun

light pollution (uncountable)

1. An excess of artificial light, especially near urban areas, reducing visibility of stars, etc. in the night sky.

   Synonym: photopollution

Related terms

• light-polluted

Translations

excess artificial light

Chinese: Mandarin: 光污染 (zh) (guāngwūrǎn), 光害 (guānghài) Danish: lysforurening c Dutch: lichtvervuiling (nl) f Finnish: valosaaste (fi) French: pollution lumineuse (fr) f German: Lichtverschmutzung (de) f Greek: φωτορύπανση (el) f (fotorýpansi) Hungarian: fényszennyezés (hu) Italian: inquinamento luminoso (it) m Japanese: 光害 (ja) Portuguese: poluição visual f Romanian: poluare luminoasă f Russian: светово́е загрязне́ние (ru) n (svetovóje zagrjaznénije) Spanish: contaminación lumínica f Swedish: ljusförorening (sv) c, ljusnedsmutsning c Thai: มลภาวะทางแสง (mon-lá-paa-wá-taang-sɛ̌ɛng) Turkish: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: світлове́ забру́днення n (svitlové zabrúdnennja)

See also

• overillumination
• light trespass
• skyglow