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illumination
Found in thesaurus: status, condition, state, interpretation, light, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, luminosity, brightness, painting, picture
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illumination
n.
lighting, brightening; light; enlightenment; clarification; decoration, illustration; illuminance (Optics)
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Illumination
Illumination, an observable property and effect of light, may also refer to:
- Illumination (lighting), the use of light sources
- Illumination (image), the use of light and shadow in art
- Illuminated manuscript, the artistic decoration of hand-written texts
- Global illumination, algorithms used in computer graphics to add realistic lighting to 3D scenes
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Illumination!
Illumination! is a 1964 album by the Elvin Jones/Jimmy Garrison Sextet.
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illumination
Noun
1. a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination; "follow God's light"
(synonym) light
(hypernym) condition, status
2. the degree of visibility of your environment
(hypernym) state
(hyponym) light, lighting
(derivation) light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate
3. an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook"
(synonym) clarification, elucidation
(hypernym) interpretation
(hyponym) disambiguation
(derivation) clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise, straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate, elucidate
4. the luminous flux incident on a unit area
(synonym) illuminance
(hypernym) luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, light
(derivation) light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate
5. painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
(synonym) miniature
(hypernym) painting, picture
(derivation) illuminate
(classification) Middle Ages, Dark Ages
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Illumination (die)
nf.
illumination, lighting, brightening; clarification; decoration, illustration
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illumination
nf.
flood lighting, floodlight, illumination
