illumination

  • 21ILLUMINATION — n. f. Action d’illuminer ou état de ce qui est illuminé. L’illumination de la terre par le soleil. Dans ce sens il est peu usité. Il se dit plus ordinairement d’une Grande quantité de lumières disposées avec symétrie, à l’occasion d’une… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 22Illumination — Festbeleuchtung * * * Il|lu|mi|na|ti|on [ɪlumina ts̮i̯o:n], die; , en: festliche Beleuchtung: die Illumination der Straßen in den Wochen vor Weihnachten. * * * Il|lu|mi|na|ti|on 〈f. 20〉 1. Illuminierung, Festbeleuchtung (außen od. im Freien) 2.… …

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  • 23illumination — [[t]ɪlu͟ːmɪne͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] illuminations 1) N UNCOUNT Illumination is the lighting that a place has. [FORMAL] The only illumination came from a small window high in the opposite wall. 2) N PLURAL Illuminations are coloured lights which are put up… …

    English dictionary

  • 24illumination — noun 1) a floodlight provided illumination Syn: light, lighting, radiance, gleam, glow, glare; shining, gleaming, glowing; brilliance, luminescence; literary illumining, irradiance, lucency, lambency, effulgence, refulgence …

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  • 25illumination — UK [ɪˌluːmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ɪˌlumɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n] noun Word forms illumination : singular illumination plural illuminations formal 1) [uncountable] light that is provided by something in a place The moon provided little illumination. The only… …

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  • 26illumination — illuminational, adj. /i looh meuh nay sheuhn/, n. 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… …

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  • 27illumination — noun 1 (U) lighting provided by a lamp, light etc: An electric light bulb provided the only illumination. | The illumination is too weak to show the detail of the painting. 2 (countable usually plural) a picture or pattern painted on a page of a… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 28Illumination — apšvietimas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. illumination; lighting vok. Beleuchtung, f; Illumination, f rus. иллюминация, f; освещение, n pranc. éclairage, m; illumination, f …

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  • 29illumination — apšvietimas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. illumination; lighting vok. Beleuchtung, f; Illumination, f rus. иллюминация, f; освещение, n pranc. éclairage, m; illumination, f …

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  • 30illumination — il|lu|mi|na|tion [ıˌlu:mıˈneıʃən, ıˌlju: US ıˌlu: ] n formal 1.) [U] lighting provided by a lamp, light etc ▪ White candles, the only illumination, burned on the table. ▪ The rooms were flooded with soft illumination. 2.) [C usually plural] a… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English