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Radiance (Noun)

Meaning 1

An attractive combination of good health and happiness; "the radiance of her countenance".

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Examples

  • The model's radiant smile and sparkling eyes added to her overall radiance as she walked down the catwalk.
  • After a month of traveling through the Mediterranean, Sarah returned home with a noticeable radiance about her that she hadn't had in years.
  • Her years of dedicated practice had earned her a level of inner peace and self-acceptance that gave her a profound radiance.
  • Despite her rough morning, Emma's radiance still shone through in the warm smile she offered her coworker as she sipped her coffee.
  • As the happy couple exchanged their vows, their love and commitment to each other filled the room with an undeniable radiance.

Hypernyms

  • Felicity
  • Healthiness

Related Words

  • Radiate (verb)

Meaning 2

The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light.

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Examples

  • The morning sun rose over the horizon, filling the sky with a warm radiance that illuminated the landscape.
  • The diamond necklace sparkled with a fiery radiance that caught the eye of everyone in the room.
  • The city's skyline was bathed in a soft radiance as the sun set behind the towering skyscrapers.
  • The stars shone with a gentle radiance in the clear night sky, twinkling like diamonds against the blackness.
  • The fire crackled and spat, casting a warm radiance over the faces of the people gathered around it.

Synonyms

  • Refulgency
  • Radiancy
  • Shine
  • Effulgence
  • Refulgence

Hyponyms

  • Gleaming
  • Sheen
  • Glossiness
  • Glow
  • Lustre
  • Burnish
  • Luster
  • Lambency
  • Gloss

Related Words

  • Radiant (adjective)
  • Radiate (verb)

Meaning 3

The amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural phenomena.

Examples

  • The total radiance emitted by the surface was calculated to be 200 W/sr/m^2.
  • To account for the varying radiance of the scene, the camera was adjusted for optimal exposure.
  • The radiance of the laser beam was precisely measured to determine its energy density.
  • Comparing the radiance maps of the two surfaces revealed significant differences in reflectivity.
  • A spectral radiance distribution was modeled to simulate the thermal emission of the object.

Synonyms

  • Glow
  • Glowing

Hypernyms

  • Visible Radiation
  • Visible Light

Hyponyms

  • Corona
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