Definitions of brightness
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the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
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synonyms:
brightness level, light, luminance, luminosity, luminousness
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types:
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illuminance, illumination
the luminous flux incident on a unit area
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incandescence
light from heat
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glow, luminescence
light from nonthermal sources
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type of:
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physical property
any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions
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illuminance, illumination
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the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
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Antonyms:
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dullness
a lack of visual brightness
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blaze, brilliance, glare
a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
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dazzle
brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily
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glisten, glister, glitter, scintillation, sparkle
the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
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flash
a momentary brightness
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glint
a spatially localized brightness
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iridescence, opalescence
the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface
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effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine
the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
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brilliancy, luster, lustre, splendor, splendour
a quality that outshines the usual
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gleam, gleaming, glow, lambency
an appearance of reflected light
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luster, lustre, sheen, shininess
the visual property of something that shines with reflected light
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burnish, gloss, glossiness, polish
the property of being smooth and shiny
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dullness
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intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
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synonyms:
cleverness, smartness
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type of:
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intelligence
the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
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intelligence
Pronunciation
US
/ˈbraɪɾnɪs/
UK
/ˈbraɪtnɪs/
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