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radiance

[ rey-dee-uhns ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

radiant brightness or light:
the radiance of the tropical sun.
Synonyms: brilliance, splendor, resplendence
warm, cheerful brightness:
the radiance of her expression.
Rare. radiation.

radiance

/ ˈreɪdɪəns /

the quality or state of being radiant
a measure of the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface. It is the radiant intensity in a given direction of a small element of surface area divided by the orthogonal projection of this area onto a plane at right angles to the direction Le

First recorded in 1595–1605; radi(ant) + -ance

And not that after-sex glow, but the radiance of contentment.

In it, grim headlines and social problems give way to an improbable radiance.

But they do make the family seem a shade more like the rest of America, in all its messy, tacky, imperfect radiance.

Her beauty seems to telegraph an inner radiance of well-honed intelligence and gentle self-assurance.

They walked together to a recess in the garden, where they sat down under the full radiance of the unclouded moon.

She glanced up at him softly, under long lashes,—a thrilling glance; but he missed its radiance, for his own eyes were far away.

The clear and radiant sky was drowned in a quivering radiance of gold, that was like a thing alive and sensitively palpitating.

Ramona herself bore no impress of sorrow; rather her face had now an added radiance.

Every individual freckle on her thin, sharp face seemed to shine as though there was some radiance behind it.

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