radiance
Americannoun
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radiant brightness or light.
the radiance of the tropical sun.
- Synonyms:
- brilliance, splendor, resplendence
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warm, cheerful brightness.
the radiance of her expression.
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Rare. radiation.
noun
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the quality or state of being radiant
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Le. 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
Other Word Forms
- nonradiance noun
- subradiance noun
- superradiance noun
Etymology
Origin of radiance
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Example Sentences
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The skin of his palms burned from their radiance, but he only had to hold on for a little bit longer.
From Literature
The recital acted like a religious experience in which a rarefied atmosphere befits radiance.
From Los Angeles Times
Her face and hands were rubbed with olive oil and shone with radiance.
From Literature
The growing closeness between Olive, played with quiet radiance by Ms. Rogers, and William, whom Mr. McHale renders with galumphing gawkiness, forms another affecting strand of the score.
The fashion label Coperni has created leggings and other garments made from a fabric embedded with bacteria, which it says help rejuvenate the skin and boost radiance.
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