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il⋅lu⋅mi⋅na⋅tion

  [i-loo-muh-ney-shuhn]
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–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; ME < ML illūminātiōn- (s. of illūminātiō) spiritual enlightenment (L: illustriousness, glory) See illuminate, -ion

Related forms:
il⋅lu⋅mi⋅na⋅tion⋅al, adjective

Synonyms:
5. knowledge, revelation, insight, wisdom.
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il·lu·mi·na·tion   (ĭ-lōō'mə-nā'shən)   
n.  
    1. The act of illuminating.
    2. The state of being illuminated.
    3. The art or act of decorating a text, page, or initial letter with ornamental designs, miniatures, or lettering.
    4. An example of this art.
  2. A source of light.
  3. Decorative lighting.
  4. Spiritual or intellectual enlightenment.
  5. Clarification; elucidation.
    1. The art or act of decorating a text, page, or initial letter with ornamental designs, miniatures, or lettering.
    2. An example of this art.
  7. Physics The luminous flux per unit area at any point on a surface exposed to incident light. Also called illuminance.
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Illumination

Il*lu`mi*na"tion\, n. [L. illuminatio: cf. F. illumination.]

1. The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.

2. Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.

3. Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See Illuminate, v. t., 3.

4. That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript.

5. That which illuminates or gives light; brightness; splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge.

The illumination which a bright genius giveth to his work. --Felton.

6. (Theol.) The special communication of knowledge to the mind by God; inspiration.

Hymns and psalms . . . are framed by meditation beforehand, or by prophetical illumination are inspired. --Hooker.
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Language Translation for : illumination
Spanish: iluminación,
German: die Erleuchtung,
Japanese: 照明
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illumination 
1340, "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 1563. Illuminate (M.E. enlumyen) originally meant "decorate written material with gold, silver, bright colors;" sense of "shining light on" first recorded 1563. (Illumine in this sense is from 1375.)
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Main Entry: il·lu·mi·na·tion
Pronunciation: il-"ü-m&-'nA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the action of supplying orbrightening with light or the resulting state
2 : the luminous flux per unit area on an intercepting surface at any given point called also illuminance —il·lu·mi·nate /il-'ü-m&-"nAt/ transitive verb -nat·ed; -nat·ing
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