darkening

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of darken

noun

  1. The act of something becoming darker.
    NEGATIVE FLASHES — Brief darkenings of a light that is otherwise steadily on. 1978, Gerald Leonard Howett, Kenneth Low Kelly, E. Thomas Pierce, Emergency vehicle warning lights: state of the art

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