illumination
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məˈneɪ noun
1.
an act or instance of illuminating.
2.
the fact or condition of being illuminated.
3.
a decoration of lights, usually colored lights.
4.
Sometimes, illuminations. an entertainment, display, or celebration using lights as a major feature or decoration.
5.
intellectual or spiritual enlightenment.
6.
Also called illuminance, intensity of illumination. Optics. the intensity of light falling at a given place on a lighted surface; the luminous flux incident per unit area, expressed in lumens per unit of area.
7.
a supply of light: a source of illumination.
8.
decoration of a manuscript or book with a painted design in color, gold, etc.
9.
a design used in such decoration.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Medieval Latin illūminātiōn- (stem of illūminātiō) spiritual enlightenment (Latin: illustriousness, glory) See illuminate, -ion
1300–50; Middle English < Medieval Latin illūminātiōn- (stem of illūminātiō) spiritual enlightenment (Latin: illustriousness, glory) See illuminate, -ion
Related forms
il·lu·mi·na·tion·al, adjective
non·il·lu·mi·na·tion, noun
pre·il·lu·mi·na·tion, noun
re·il·lu·mi·na·tion, noun
Synonyms
5. knowledge, revelation, insight, wisdom.
5. knowledge, revelation, insight, wisdom.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act of illuminating or the state of being illuminated |
| 2. | a source of light |
| 3. | chiefly (Brit) (often plural) a light or lights, esp coloured lights, used as decoration in streets, parks, etc |
| 4. | spiritual or intellectual enlightenment; insight or understanding |
| 5. | the act of making understood; clarification |
| 6. | decoration in colours, gold, or silver used on some manuscripts or printed works |
| 7. | physics another name (not in technical usage) for illuminance |
| illumi'national | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
illumination
mid-14c., "spiritual enlightenment," from O.Fr. illumination, from L. illuminationem (nom. illuminatio), from illuminare "to throw into light," from in- "in" (with assimilation of -n- to the following consonant) + lumen (gen. luminis) "light." Meaning "the action of lighting" is from 1560s. Illuminate
(M.E. enlumyen) originally meant "decorate written material with gold, silver, bright colors;" sense of "shining light on" first recorded 1560s. (Illumine in this sense is from late 14c.)
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Example sentences
Whatever its uses, this living light is the only illumination in the deep ocean world.
His theory is a pure and elevated rationalism, though he holds that our reason needs illumination from the fuller light of faith.
Stars are coherent point-sources, so their light produces several phenomena seen with laser illumination.
Candles offer light, which is different from illumination.
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