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めいあんきょうかいせん 明暗境界線
Noun
1. terminator; moving line dividing the illuminated and dark sides of a planetary bodyAstronomy
Wikipedia definition
2. Terminator (solar)A terminator, twilight zone or "grey line" is a moving line that separates the illuminated day side and the dark night side of a planetary body. A terminator is defined as the locus of points on a Moon or planet where the line through a Sun is tangent.
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