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Brightness
Bright"ness\, n. [AS. beorhines. See Bright.]1. The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness. A sudden brightness in his face appear. --Crabbe. 2. Acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit. The brightness of his parts . . . distinguished him. --Prior. Syn: Splendor; luster; radiance; resplendence; brilliancy; effulgence; glory; clearness.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: bright·ness
Pronunciation: 'brIt-n&s
Function: noun
: the one of the three psychological dimensions of color perception by whichvisual stimuli are ordered continuously from light to dark and which is correlated with light intensity —compare HUE,
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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(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)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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