Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The state or quality of being bright.
- noun The effect or sensation by means of which an observer is able to distinguish differences in luminance.
- noun The dimension of a color that represents its similarity to one of a series of achromatic colors ranging from very dim (dark) to very bright (dazzling).
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being bright; splendor; luster; glitter: as, “the brightness of the sun,” Acts xxvi. 13.
- noun Acuteness of intellect or faculty; sharpness of wit.
- noun Cheer; cheerfulness.
- noun Synonyms Brilliancy, effulgence.—2. Acumen, mother-wit, ingenuity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness.
- noun Acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the quality of being
bright - noun the
perception elicited by theluminance of an object - noun
intelligence ,cleverness
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
- noun the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
- noun the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the dense mist, the Northern Star – in brightness,
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The brightness is as good as you get until you buy the top end Leupolds or German scopes.
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The brightness is as good as you get until you buy the top end Leupolds or German scopes.
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OLEDS are far superior in brightness and in their compact nature. the holy grail is to make them last more than a few thousand hours. there is also a lot of hope for carbon nanotubes. — dave kliman
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I, however, find its mintiness adds a certain brightness to a dish.
Archive 2007-07-01 Homesick Texan 2007
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I, however, find its mintiness adds a certain brightness to a dish.
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H-particles by the difference in brightness, a practice which the Viennese vehemently defended.
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It would have four instruments, a far IR interferometer to measure the CMBR spectrum, two instruments to measure its anisotropy (difference in brightness in different directions), and an instrument to hunt for the diffuse IR background from the first galaxies.
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When viewed immediately after handling the lizards, the ocelli appear to pulse or fluctuate in brightness as the surrounding pigment changes intensity.
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In his hand he held a lance with a broad head, in brightness like blinding leven, whereon was graven,
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