light pollution

noun

: artificial skylight (as from city lights) that interferes especially with astronomical observations

Examples of light pollution in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In Abu Dhabi, capital of the UAE, authorities have acknowledged the light pollution problem, coming up with a Dark Sky Policy in 2024 on lighting and other issues across its entire emirate. —Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026

One third of people alive today can’t see the Milky Way from their homes because of light pollution. —Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 May 2026

What the Ohio State study adds is a direct comparison with urban warming in the same experiment, and a demonstration that even at the low intensities characteristic of ordinary residential lighting, light pollution wins. —John Drake, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

Among the reasons for their position also are environment, light pollution, noise pollution, water pollution, air pollution, truck traffic and traffic congestion. —Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for light pollution

• absolution
• allocution
• attribution
• comminution
• constitution
• contribution
• convolution
• destitution
• devolution
• diminution
• dissolution
• distribution