light pollution

English

Noun

light pollution (uncountable)

1. An excess of artificial light, especially near urban areas, reducing visibility of stars, etc. in the night sky.

   Synonym: photopollution

Related terms

• light-polluted

Translations

excess artificial light

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 光污染 (guāngwūrǎn), 光害 (guānghài)

• Danish: lysforurening c
• Dutch: lichtvervuiling (nl) f
• Finnish: valosaaste (fi)
• French: pollution lumineuse (fr) f
• German: Lichtverschmutzung (de) f
• Greek: φωτορύπανση f (fotorýpansi)
• Hungarian: fényszennyezés (hu)
• Italian: inquinamento luminoso (it) m
• Japanese: 光害 (ja)
• Portuguese: poluição visual f
• Romanian: poluare luminoasă f
• Russian: светово́е загрязне́ние (ru) n (svetovóje zagrjaznénije)
• Spanish: contaminación lumínica f
• Swedish: ljusförorening (sv) c, ljusnedsmutsning c
• Thai: มลภาวะทางแสง (mon-lá-paa-wá-taang-sɛ̌ɛng)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: світлове́ забру́днення n (svitlové zabrúdnennja)

See also

• overillumination
• light trespass
• sky glow