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n. The act of illuminating.

n. The state of being illuminated.

n. A source of light.

n. Decorative lighting.

n. Spiritual or intellectual enlightenment.

n. Clarification; elucidation.

n. The art or act of decorating a text, page, or initial letter with ornamental designs, miniatures, or lettering.

n. An example of this art.

n. Physics The luminous flux per unit area at any point on a surface exposed to incident light. Also called illuminance.

n. The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.

n. Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.

n. Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See illuminate (transitive verb).

n. The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.

n. Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.

n. Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See Illuminate, v. t., 3.

n. That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript.

n. That which illuminates or gives light; brightness; splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge.

n. The special communication of knowledge to the mind by God; inspiration.

n. Supply of light; emanation of luminous rays; light afforded by a luminous body or substance.

n. The act of illuminating, or the state of being illuminated; a lighting up; specifically, an unusual or profuse display of light; decoration by means of many lights, as in festivity or rejoicing: as, the illumination of a city.

n. Mental enlightenment; knowledge or insight imparted.

n. In a special use, the doctrine of the Illuminati; worship of enlightenment or knowledge.

n. Pictorial ornamentation of books and manuscripts by hand, as practised in the middle ages; adornment by means of pictures, designs, and letters in flat colors, gilt, etc., practised especially in devotional works: as, the art of illumination.

n. A representation or design in an illuminated work: as, the illuminations of a psalter.

n. Specifically, the measure of the amount of light falling on a surface.

n. In the pictorial arts, the quality and quantity of light expressed.

n. a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination

n. painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)

n. the luminous flux incident on a unit area

n. the degree of visibility of your environment

n. an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding

"[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."

condition    status    picture    painting    brightness    brightness level    luminance    luminousness    light    luminosity   

direct illumination    hemisphere of illumination    equivalent illumination    circle of illumination   

illuminate   

brightness    splendor    inspiration   

Alsatian    Americanization    Appalachian    Balkanization    Christianization    Confederation    Corp.    Croatian    Dalmatian    Desegregation   

brightness    glow    sunlight    ray    flare    reflection    glimmer    splendour    blaze    warmth