lighting
Americannoun
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the act of igniting or illuminating.
the lighting of many candles; the annual lighting of the Christmas tree.
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the arrangement of lights to achieve particular effects.
to work out the lighting for one's living room.
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an effect achieved by the arrangement of lights.
Several critics praised the lighting of the play.
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the science, theory, or method of achieving particular effects by the use of lights.
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the way light falls upon a face, object, etc., especially in a picture.
noun
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the act or quality of illumination or ignition
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the apparatus for supplying artificial light effects to a stage, film, or television set
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the distribution of light on an object or figure, as in painting, photography, etc
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Origin of lighting
First recorded before 1000; Middle English lightinge, Old English līhting; equivalent to light 1 + -ing 1
Vocabulary lists containing lighting
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Throughout the house, LED lighting systems will be able to mimic the qualities of natural light and adjust over the course of the day, according to residents’ circadian rhythms.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
According to Fahnestock, optical observations can be affected by changing lighting conditions, shadows, cloud cover, and variations in whether firn appears clean or dirty.
From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026
For reference, the Delorean time machine in Back to the Future needed 1.21 gigawatts — a figure so comically large it could only be harnessed from plutonium or a bolt of lighting.
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026
But having a bidirectional charger means this stored energy can be fed back into the grid to power the flats' electrical appliances, lighting and other systems.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
Joe threw his eye over them, and pronounced that the job would necessitate the lighting of his forge fire, and would take nearer two hours than one.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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