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1Brightness — is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to emit or reflect a given amount of light. In other words, brightness is the perception elicited by the luminance of a visual target. This is a subjective attribute/property of an… …
2Brightness temperature — is the temperature at which a blackbody in thermal equilibrium with its surroundings would have to be in order to duplicate the observed intensity of an object at a frequency u.This is a useful concept only for radiation that obeys the… …
3Brightness — Bright ness, n. [AS. beorhines. See {Bright}.] 1. The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness. [1913 Webster] A sudden brightness in his face appear. Crabbe. [1913 Webster] 2. Acuteness (of the faculties);… …
4brightness — O.E. beorhtnes brightness, clearness, splendor, beauty; see BRIGHT (Cf. bright) + NESS (Cf. ness) …
5Brightness Falls — is a 1992 novel written by Jay McInerney. His fourth novel, it tells of a couple named Russell and Corrine Calloway who meet in college. Their story continues in Mcinery s 2006 novel The Good Life , which follows them into into middle age …
6brightness — index sense (intelligence) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
7Brightness — [engl.], Helligkeit …
8brightness — [brīt′nis] n. 1. the quality or condition of being bright 2. the luminous aspect of a color (as distinct from its hue) by which it is regarded as approaching the maximum luminance of pure white or the lack of luminance of pure black …
9Brightness Reef — infobox Book | name = Brightness Reef title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of first edition (hardcover) author = David Brin illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Uplift Universe genre =… …
10brightness — /bruyt nis/, n. 1. the quality of being bright. 2. Optics. the luminance of a body, apart from its hue or saturation, that an observer uses to determine the comparative luminance of another body. Pure white has the maximum brightness, and pure… …
