radiance

IPA: rˈeɪdiʌns

The quality or state of being radiant; shining, bright or splendid.
(physics) The flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source.

Examples of "radiance" in Sentences

While heaven's own hues in radiance round thee glow,
The correlation between major changes in the Earth’s temperature and changes in solar radiance is quite compelling.
They can stand before God, but His white radiance is so brilliant that even they must fold their wings over their eyes.
For a minute she was aloof in radiance, but as we linked arms and went out into the corridor she became more mortal, with a pout.
The transfiguration of our Lord -- that is, the radiance in which he was bathed at the pinnacle of Mount Tabor -- did not manifest
Under the radiance from the lighted lanai, ere entering the irritating movement of life again to which he belonged, he paused to stare, scarcely seeing, at a flaunt of display of scarlet double-hibiscus blooms.
Half the charm of silver in nature is due to its remoteness; no ore of man's refining can attain the sparkle of a raindrop; we cannot distil the radiance from a white narcissus, nor rob the stars of their silver fleeces.