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View synonyms for brightness

brightness

[ brahyt-nis ]

noun

  1. the quality of being bright.
  2. Optics. the luminance of a body, apart from its hue or saturation, that an observer uses to determine the comparative luminance of another body. Pure white has the maximum brightness, and pure black the minimum brightness.


ˈbrightness

/ ˈbraɪtnɪs /

noun

  1. the condition of being bright
  2. physics a former name for luminosity
  3. psychol the experienced intensity of light
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of brightness1

before 950; Middle English brihtnes, Old English beorhtnes. See bright, -ness
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Example Sentences

Hop in bed with your iPad or iPhone and turn the brightness all the way up.

Consumer Reports last month actually ran one for 25,000 hours straight and it still maintained its brightness.

Cider boasts acidity and (generally) effervescence, both of which cleanse the palate and add brightness and lift to rich dishes.

But it gave the video a particular look—a particular brightness for the colors.

Viewers may need to lower screen brightness or don some sunglasses.

The poor must look to the brightness of a future world for the consolation that they were denied in this.

Robert's going had some way taken the brightness, the color, the meaning out of everything.

Sickness had never blanched the warm glow on her cheeks, or dimmed the brightness of her large, lustrous eyes.

I met him on Kingstown promenade the other day walking with an elastic step and with the brightness of youth in his eye.

It was a golden day, almost incredibly clear and radiant, quivering with brightness and life, and surely with ecstasy.

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