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darkness

[dahrk-nis] / ˈdɑrk nɪs /




NOUN
lack of awareness
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Without the power of caring relationships I don't believe I could have emerged from the darkness.

From BBC

This period followed the polar sunrise -- a stretch of continuous daylight after months of darkness -- when increased ultraviolet light intensifies chemical reactions at the surface and in the lower atmosphere.

From Science Daily

Silva Gu's eyes dart back and forth across miles of tall grassland, scouring it for signs of life in the darkness.

From BBC

"I was waking up to darkness and cold. It was quite a lonely existence because all my friends were working so hard," he says.

From BBC

In a separate experiment, the same nanodots broke down a blue dye by 90 percent in just 20 minutes, demonstrating how powerful their chemical reactions can be even in complete darkness.

From Science Daily