brilliancy

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bril·lian·cy | \ ˈbril-yən(t)-sē

plural brilliancies

Definition of brilliancy

1 : brilliance

2 : an instance of brilliance

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Examples of brilliancy in a Sentence

the brilliancy of the diamond is shown to good effect by the museum's lighting

Recent Examples on the Web One of these stars may rise from almost invisibility to a brilliance equaling 100,000,000 times the brilliancy of our sun, although, of course, such super novae are so far away that the estimates can be made only with telescopes. — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, "The Wonders of Astronomy: The Cutting Edge Space Telescope...of 1939," 17 Dec. 2020 The truth is that in the history of chess, spanning more than a millennium, there hasn’t been a single human brilliancy, however wayward and unexpected, that a computer could not have located. — Brad Leithauser, WSJ, "‘The Grandmaster’ Review: The 64-Square Universe," 8 Nov. 2018

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