brightness

[brahyt-nis] Origin

bright·ness

[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.

Origin:
before 950; Middle English brihtnes, Old English beorhtnes. See bright, -ness
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brightness (ˈbraɪtnɪs)
 
n
1.  the condition of being bright
2.  physics a former name for luminosity
3.  psychol the experienced intensity of light

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brightness
O.E. beorhtnes "brightness, clearness, splendor, beauty;" see bright + -ness.
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brightness definition

graphics
(Or "tone", "luminance", "value", "luminosity", "lightness") The coordinate in the HSB colour model that determines the total amount of light in the colour. Zero brightness is black and 100% is white, intermediate values are "light" or "dark" colours.
The other coordinates are hue and saturation.
(1999-07-05)

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