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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gegenschein /ˈgeɪgənˌʃʌɪn/

▶noun Astronomy a patch of very faint reflected light sometimes seen in the night sky opposite the position of the sun.

– origin C19: Ger. Gegenschein, from gegen ‘opposite’ + Schein ‘glow, shine’.

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