illumination (noun)

  • 1illumination — ► NOUN 1) lighting or light. 2) (illuminations) lights used in decorating a building or other structure. 3) the action or process of illuminating …

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  • 2illumination — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bright, good, strong ▪ dim ▪ Imaginative stage lighting provided dim illumination. ▪ artificial ▪ …

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  • 3illumination — noun 1) a floodlight provided illumination Syn: light, lighting, radiance, gleam, glow, glare; shining, gleaming, glowing; brilliance, luminescence; literary illumining, irradiance, lucency, lambency, effulgence, refulgence …

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  • 4illumination — noun 1 (U) lighting provided by a lamp, light etc: An electric light bulb provided the only illumination. | The illumination is too weak to show the detail of the painting. 2 (countable usually plural) a picture or pattern painted on a page of a… …

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  • 5illumination — I noun clarification, cognition, cognizance, comment, construction, definition, education, elucidation, explanation, explication, illustration, information, instruction, intellectual enlightenment, learning, realization, recognition,… …

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  • 6illumination — noun 1. a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination (Freq. 2) follow God s light • Syn: ↑light • Hypernyms: ↑condition, ↑status 2. the degree of visibility of your environment …

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  • 7illumination unit — noun a measure of illumination • Hypernyms: ↑light unit • Hyponyms: ↑footcandle, ↑lambert, ↑L, ↑lux, ↑lx, ↑phot …

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  • 8illumination — noun Date: 14th century 1. the action of illuminating or state of being illuminated: as a. spiritual or intellectual enlightenment b. (1) a lighting up (2) decorative lighting or lighting effects c. decoration by the art of illuminating 2. the… …

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  • 9illumination — noun a) The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated. b) Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights …

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  • 10illumination — noun 1》 lighting or light.     ↘(illuminations) lights used in decorating a building or other structure. 2》 the action of illuminating. 3》 understanding or enlightenment …

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