illumination
illumination
nounDefinition of ILLUMINATION
1
a statement that makes something clear <the candidate's so-called illuminations of his views on a number of controversial issues left many voters in the dark>
Synonyms clarification, construction, elucidation, exegesis, explication, exposition, illumination, illustration, interpretation, road map
Related Words paraphrase, restatement, translation; annotation, comment, commentary, epexegesis, gloss; deciphering, decoding; disentanglement, unscrambling; analysis; edification, enlightenment; definition, meaning; demonstration, enactment; justification, rationale, rationalization, reasoning; caution, caveat, warning
2
the quality or state of having or giving off light <in that clime the illumination of the full moon is such as you can practically read by it>
Synonyms brightness, brilliancy, candor, dazzle, effulgence, illumination, lambency, lightness, luminance, luminosity, luminousness, luster (or lustre), lustrousness, radiance, refulgence, splendor
Related Words blaze, flare, flash, flicker, light; fluorescence, incandescence, luminescence; burnish, gloss, polish, sheen, shine, shininess; fire, flame, glare, glow; flash, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, scintillation, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle
Near Antonyms dimness, gloominess, somberness; cloudiness, haziness, murkiness, obscureness, obscurity; colorlessness, grayness, lackluster, paleness, shadiness, shadowiness
3
the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible <a steady illumination from the flashlight was all I had while changing the tire>
Synonyms blaze, flare, fluorescence, glare, gleam, glow, illumination, incandescence, luminescence, radiance, shine
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