illumination
IPA: ɪɫumʌnˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
- Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.
- Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See illuminate (transitive verb).
- (figurative) Splendour; brightness.
- (figurative) Enlightening influence; inspiration.
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Examples of "illumination" in Sentences
- The light represents the illumination as hope of the world.
- Road illumination is instantly doubled yet glare is absolutely banished.
- Scanning is always at the maximum of intensity of illumination of the lamps.
- The sconces providing illumination are luminescent lamps of a spherical design.
- There are fewer cars, which means the only illumination is from the glow sticks on our wrists.
- [15] It should be borne in mind that the author uses the term illumination in the sense of color applied within a distinct and limiting outline.
- This can be done for each part of the spectrum, and so a complete curve can be constructed, which we call the illumination curve of the spectrum of the light under consideration.
- But, for better or worse, “real” fiction at its best tends to illuminate aspects of life and culture as we know it, but at enough of a distance that such illumination is not blinding.
- Whereas their illumination is reliant upon an interior light source concealed and diffused through an exterior, these lamps instead generate light directly from their entire exterior surface.
- In which case, I still think twilight is the way to go - full dark minimises her own chances of success, as even faint illumination from the ground will silhouette her landing zone and reduce accuracy.
- Policy designed to deprive us of the benefit of the sun's gratuitous gift of illumination is policy that seems to have missed the irony of Bastiat's "Petition from the Manufacturers of Candles, Tapers, &c."
- It should also be noted that the source of illumination is not convincingly resolved if Astronomy and Music were located over (or between?) the funnel windows of the southeast wall, in spite of Clough's claims.