1
: a device for regulating the intensity of an electric lighting unit
2
: low beam
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Wakes especially increase the potency of a topwater lure in low light conditions on cloudy days or in the morning or evening as smallmouth looking up from below can see them more clearly when backlit against a dimmer sky.
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Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 23 May 2024
Here’s how to view it Feb. 23, 2024 Neptune, which is six times dimmer than Uranus, requires a telescope to be seen, according to Dyches.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
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Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 23 May 2024
Here’s how to view it Feb. 23, 2024 Neptune, which is six times dimmer than Uranus, requires a telescope to be seen, according to Dyches.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
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“Dimmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dimmer. Accessed 3 Jun. 2024.
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