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Examples of illumination in a Sentence
When taking photographs indoors, use a flash for illumination.
They traveled to the temple in search of spiritual illumination.
an old manuscript with beautiful illuminations
Recent Examples of illumination from the Web
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Besides featuring all sorts of illumination, the parade will include the Frederick Douglass High School Marching Band, the New Baltimore Twilighters, 901 Arts Drum Line and Bateria Terra Maria, plus stilt walkers, the Cristo Rey Step Team and more.
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Addiction, in her mind, was something that enabled great writing, bringing illumination with intoxication, clarity with alcoholic cloud.
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Pixar-style Anglepoise lamps -- including a giant one hiding in the back room -- provide illumination and another dash of mod flair.
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Still, 250 feet is more than 4 seconds of illumination for a car driving 38 miles per hour.
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Ditto the Jeepster concept’s quadrant of LED running lights, which are mounted to the front bumper and A-pillars and are said to put out 8000 lumens of illumination.
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Initial amusement transforms into something closer to illumination.
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The references to illumination are of the moon, quite literally, with a round, orangey orb rising on the upstage scrim throughout the work's 25 minutes.
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The only illumination was from the journalists’ headlights.
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First Known Use of illumination
14th century
illumination Synonyms
Synonyms
brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, candor, dazzle, effulgence, lambency, lightness, luminance, luminosity, luminousness, luster (or lustre), lustrousness, radiance, refulgence, splendor;
Near Antonyms
dimness, gloominess, somberness;
cloudiness, haziness, murkiness, obscureness, obscurity;
colorlessness, grayness, lackluster, paleness, shadiness, shadowiness;
Related Words
blaze, flare, flash, flicker, light;
fluorescence, incandescence, luminescence;
burnish, gloss, polish, sheen, shine, shininess;
flash, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, scintillation, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle;
ILLUMINATION Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of illumination for English Language Learners
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: light that comes into a room, that shines on something, etc.
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: knowledge or understanding
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: a gold or colored decoration in an old book
ILLUMINATION Defined for Kids
Definition of illumination for Students
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