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Noun: daylight  'dey,lIt
  1. The time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside
    "the dawn turned night into daylight";
    - day, daytime
     
  2. Light from the sun during the daytime
     
  3. Exposure to public scrutiny
    "Budgeting a spy organization can't very well be done in daylight"
     
  4. A clear difference or gap
    "there may not be too much daylight between Biden and Bush"

Derived forms: daylights

Type of: light, period, period of time, time period, time span, visible light, visible radiation

Antonym: dark

Part of: 24-hour interval, day, mean solar day, solar day, twenty-four hour period, twenty-four hours

Encyclopedia: Daylight, Moonlight: Kitaro Live in Yakushiji