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nocti- noct-
pref.(前缀)
  1. Night:
    夜:
    noctilucent.
    夜间可见的

语源
  1. New Latin
    现代拉丁语
  2. from Latin nox noct- [night] * see nek w-t-
    源自 拉丁语 nox noct- [夜] *参见 nek w-t-
nocti- or (before a vowel) noct-

combining form

night
noctilucent

Origin

from Latin nox, noct-

nocti-

Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “night,” used in the formation of compound words:
noctilucent.
Also, especially before a vowel, noct-.
Origin
< Latin nocti-, combining form of nox night

Related Words

  • noctiluca
  • noct-
  • noctilucent
nocti-a word element meaning 'night'.
Also, (before a vowel), noct-. [Latin, combining form of nox]
nocti-comb. form of L. nox, noctis, used in certain words, as nocˈtidial [L. dies day] a., comprising a night and a day. ˈnoctifer [cf. L. noctifer evening star], a bringer of night or darkness. nocˈtiferous a. (see quot.). noctiˈflorous a., Bot. night-flowering (Cassell 1886). noctiˈlucent a., shining by night; spec. in noctilucent cloud, a cloud of a kind occas. seen at night in summer in high latitudes, which occurs at a height of about 80 kilometres (at the mesopause) and which some authorities believe is composed purely of cosmic dust and others of ice condensed round cosmic dust particles; cf. mother-of-pearl cloud; so noctiˈlucid a. (Cent. Dict.). nocˈtipotent a. (see quot.). Also noctiluca, noctivagant, etc.1694Holder On Time 98 The *Noctidial Day, the Lunar Periodic Month, and the Solar Year are Natural and Universal.1884Punch 1 Mar. 102 Farewell to noctidial sittings.1667Waterhouse Fire Lond. 140 Lest..he hurl you Lucifers out of the Heaven of your sinful felicity, and make you *Noctifers and Mortifers of misery and contempt.1656Blount Glossogr., *Noctiferous.., that betokens or brings night, the evening Star.1890Cent. Dict., *Noctilucent, shining by night or in the dark; noctilucid; as, the noctilucent eyes of a cat.1910W. L. Moore Descriptive Meteorol. xi. 198 Certain clouds that are seen about midnight in summer have for twenty years received considerable attention from Abbe and others..; sometimes they are called nacreous..at other times noctilucent, because they shine at night.1936N. Shaw Man. Meteorol. (ed. 2) ii. iii. 44 The lower type, known as Perlmutter or iridescent clouds, show brilliant prismatic colours and occur at heights between 20 and 30 kilometres. They differ from noctilucent clouds by appearing almost exclusively in winter.1940Chambers's Techn. Dict. 581/1 Noctilucent (Zool.), phosphorescent, light-producing.1956Nature 18 Feb. 308/1 The technique of observing noctilucent clouds has been improved recently.1963New Scientist 25 July 169/2 There has been considerable dispute in the past about whether the noctilucent clouds are composed of ice particles or dust particles.1678Phillips 2nd Suppl., *Noctipotent, powerful in the night.
nocti- /ˈnɒkti/ combining form of Latin noct-, nox night: see -i-.
 DERIVATIVE nocˈtidial adjective (rare) [Latin dies day] comprising a night and a day L17.
nocti-
combining form
see noct-
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