twilight zone
A moving line that divides the daylit side and the dark night side of a planetary bodyA moving line that divides the daylit side and the dark night side of a planetary body.
» Dmitri felt like he had stepped into some sort of twilight zone.
Meaning
5 sensesA moving line that divides the daylit side and the dark night side of a planetary body.
(broadly, figuratively)A region or context located in between others and therefore not subject to their norms.
Grauzone
A deteriorating area surrounding a central business district.
Synonym of mesopelagic zone (“the part of the ocean where there is very minimal light, located below the photic epipelagic zone but above the aphotic bathypelagic zone.”).
(figuratively)A region in which surreal, supernatural, or fantastic events occur.
- the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both)
- the lowest level of the ocean to which light can reach
Examples
3 sentencesDmitri felt like he had stepped into some sort of twilight zone.
Tom's blinks became longer and longer as he entered the twilight zone between wakefulness and sleep.
deDie Zeitspanne zwischen Toms Augenaufschlägen wurde immer länger, als er das Zwischenreich zwischen Wachen und Schlafen betrat.
It's a lot like that Twilight Zone episode with the omnipotent child.
Translations
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Origin
Because such a zone (in the literal sense of the term) is twilit; see twilight § EtymologyBecause such a zone (in the literal sense of the term) is twilit; see twilight § Etymology.
From the anthology television series The Twilight Zone, first aired in 1959, whose name was inspired by the astrophysical sense.
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Forms
plural: twilight zones| Singular | twilight zone |
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Synonyms
4 synonyms- the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both):no man's land