illumination

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noun

1. a condition of spiritual awareness;
divine illumination (Freq. 2)
- follow God's light
• Syn:
light
• Hypernyms:
condition, status
2. the degree of visibility of your environment (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms:
illuminate
• Hypernyms:
state
• Hyponyms:
light, lighting, dark, darkness
3. an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding
- the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook
• Syn:
clarification, elucidation
• Derivationally related forms:
illuminate, elucidate (for: elucidation), clarify (for: clarification)
• Hypernyms:
interpretation
• Hyponyms:
disambiguation
4. the luminous flux incident on a unit area
• Syn:
illuminance
• Derivationally related forms:
illuminate
• Hypernyms:
luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, light
5. painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
• Syn:
miniature
• Derivationally related forms:
illuminate, miniaturist (for: miniature)
• Topics:
Middle Ages, Dark Ages
• Hypernyms:
painting, picture

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  miniature, illuminance, clarification, elucidation, light