brightness

bright·ness

 (brīt′nĭs)

n.

1. The state or quality of being bright.

2. The effect or sensation by means of which an observer is able to distinguish differences in luminance.

3. 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).

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brightness

(ˈbraɪtnɪs)

n

1. the condition of being bright

2. (General Physics) physics a former name for luminosity⁴

3. (Psychology) psychol the experienced intensity of light

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bright•ness

(ˈbraɪt nɪs)

n.

1. the quality of being bright.

2. the luminance of a body that an observer uses to determine the comparative luminance of another body.

[before 950]

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Brightness

 

See Also: GLITTER AND GLOSS, LIGHTING, SHINING

1. Blazing like the windows of the city —James Dickey
2. (He possessed a brainful of information,) bright and beautiful as diamonds swaddled in midnight-blue velvet —W. P. Kinsella
3. Bright and light as the crest of a peacock —Alfred, Lord Tennyson
4. Bright and pleasing as a child’s rattle —Virginia Woolf
5. Bright as a beach in the moonlight —Alfred Austin
6. (An image came to me across the years,) bright as a coin from the mint —Norman Mailer
7. Bright as a frog’s eyes —Hart Crane
8. Bright as all between cloudless skies and windless streams —Percy Bysshe Shelley
9. Bright as a nettle rash —Diane Ackerman
10. (Laugh … ) bright as a new ensign’s buttons —Frederic Wakeman
11. Bright as a newly painted toy —Hugh Walpole
12. Bright as an icon —Margaret Atwood
13. Bright as any glass —Geoffrey Chaucer
14. Bright as any meteor ever bred by the North Pole —Lord Byron
15. Bright as a parakeet —Dame Edith Sitwell
16. (Every day) bright as a postcard —Karl Shapiro
17. Bright as a roomful of chrystal chandeliers —Anon
18. Bright as a splinter from a glazier’s table —Beryl Markham
19. (A face) bright as a waterdrop —Padraic Fallon
20. Bright as day —Geoffrey Chaucer
21. Bright as foil —Molly Giles
22. Bright as freedom —Marge Piercy
23. Bright as joy —Hartley Coleridge
24. Bright as light —Alfred, Lord Tennyson
25. Bright as moonlight over snow —Wallace Stegner
26. Bright as Spring —Walter Savage Landor
27. (Eyes as) bright as the Dipper —Stephen Vincent Benét
28. Bright as the fullest moon in blackest air —Arabian Nights
29. Bright as the promises of a new administration —Elyse Sommer
30. Bright as the promise of life on commencement day —Elyse Sommer
31. Bright as the promise of a cloudless day —C. P. Wilson
32. Bright as the raindrops and roses in June —Dame Edith Sitwell
33. Bright as the world was in its infant years —John Banks
34. Bright as truth —Barry Cornwall
35. Bright like a brimming bowl of jewels —Peter De Vries
36. Bright, like a flash of sunlight —Edward Bulwer-Lytton
37. Bright (eyes) like agate —D. H. Lawrence
38. Bright like blood —Algernon Charles Swinburne
39. Brightness … bright as dipper —Stephen Vincent Benet
40. Brilliant as a postage stamp —Lawrence Durrell
41. (Eyes) brilliant as fire —Nadine Gordimer
42. [Oranges and grapefruits] brilliant as planets —Cynthia Ozick
43. Brilliant as the stars —Ouida
44. Brilliant as the sun —Slogan, Lustberg-Nast, Lustray shirts
45. Brilliant like a Chinese porcelain —W. Somerset Maugham
46. Brilliantly, gaudily colored as a Gypsy camp —Kate Simon
47. Dazzled the eyes like a second noonday sun —Edna Ferber
48. Growing brighter and brighter like a forest after a rain —Denis Johnson
49. Lights up like a Star Wars pinball machine —Marge Piercy
50. [Face] light up like a bonfire of joy —Carl Sandburg
51. Vivid as sun through a thin brown bottle —Reynolds Price
52. Vivid as the granules of paint in a Dubuffet —John Updike

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	brightness - the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white lightness, light - the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures; "he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark" brilliance, glare, blaze - a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of sunlight" dazzle - brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily glisten, glister, glitter, sparkle, scintillation - the quality of shining with a bright reflected light flash - a momentary brightness glint - a spatially localized brightness iridescence, opalescence - the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine, effulgence, radiance - the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light brilliancy, luster, splendor, splendour, lustre - a quality that outshines the usual dullness - a lack of visual brightness; "the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea"
	2.	brightness - intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty cleverness, smartness intelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
	3.	brightness - the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light; "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun" brightness level, luminance, luminosity, luminousness, light physical property - any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions illuminance, illumination - the luminous flux incident on a unit area incandescence - light from heat glow, luminescence - light from nonthermal sources

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brightness

noun

1. vividness, richness, intensity, brilliance, splendour, resplendence You'll be impressed with the brightness of the colors.

2. light, shine, sparkle, glare, brilliance, radiance, luminosity, incandescence, effulgence, refulgence An astronomer can determine the brightness of each star.
light dullness, dimness

3. intelligence, intellect, brains (informal), awareness, sharpness, alertness, cleverness, quickness, acuity, brain power, smarts (slang, chiefly U.S.), smartness Her brightness seemed quite intimidating to me.

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Translations

لَمَعان، إشْراق، سُطوع

jas

lysstyrke

HelligkeitGlanzHelle

φωτεινότητα

brillo

älykkyyskirkkaus

éclatintelligencebrillance

ljómi, birta

brillantezzabrillanzachiarezzaluminosità

glansklarhetlysstyrkemunterhetoppvakthet

blesk

aydınlıkcanlılıkparlaklık

明亮智慧聪明鲜明

brightness

[ˈbraɪtnɪs]

A. N

1. [of light, sun, fire, eyes, metal] → brillo m, resplandor m; [of morning, day] → claridad f, luminosidad f; [of colour] → viveza f

2. (= cheerfulness) → alegría f, animación f

3. (= cleverness) → inteligencia f

4. (= promise) [of future, prospects] → lo prometedor

B. CPD brightness control N (TV) → botón m de ajuste del brillo

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brightness

[ˈbraɪtnɪs] n

[colour] → éclat m

[star] → luminosité f

[light] → intensité fbright spark n → petit(e) futé(e) m/f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

brightness

n

(of light, fire) → Helligkeit f; (of colour) → Leuchten nt; (of sunshine, star also, eyes, gem) → Strahlen nt; (of day, weather) → Heiterkeit f; (of reflection) → Stärke f; (of metal) → Glanz m; brightness control → Helligkeitsregler m

(= cheerfulness: of person, smile) → Fröhlichkeit f, → Heiterkeit f

(= intelligence, of person) → Intelligenz f; (of child) → Aufgewecktheit f

(of prospects) → Freundlichkeit f; the brightness of the future → die glänzende Zukunft

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brightness

[ˈbraɪtnɪs] n (of room) → luminosità; (of eyes, star) → lucentezza; (of sunshine) → splendore m; (of flame, colour) → vivacità

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bright

(brait) adjective

1. shining with much light. bright sunshine. helder, skerp مُشرق، لامِع светъл brilhante zářící hell klar λαμπερός, φωτεινόςluminoso, resplandeciente, brillante hele درخشنده؛ تابان kirkas brillant, éclatant קוֹרֵן चमकीला svjetao fényes benderang bjartur, skær luminoso, brillante 明るい 빛나는 šviesus spožs terang helderskinnende, lys, blankjaskrawy ځلیدونکی brilhante strălucitor, luminos яркий jasný, žiariaci bleščeč svetao klar, ljus, lysande จ้า parlak, aydınlık 光亮的 яскравий, ясний روشن ، چمکدار sáng chói 光亮的

2. (of a colour) strong and bold. a bright red car. helder ساطِع ярък vivo jasný, výrazný leuchtend stærk; klar ζωηρός, έντονοςvivo ere زنده kirkas vifעז, בוהק तीखा sjajan élénk (szín) cemerlang skær vivo あざやかな 선명한 ryškus spilgts terang felsterk, klarjasny, jaskrawy ژوندی vivo aprins яркий výrazný svetel jak klar ฉูดฉาด canlı, göz alıcı 鮮明的 яскравий درخشاں tươi sáng 鲜明的

3. cheerful. a bright smile. helder, opgeruimd, stralend بَشوش، مُبْتَهِج радостен alegre rozzářený fröhlich lysende χαρούμενος, ζωηρόςradiante, alegre särav سرزنده iloinen radieuxעליז उज्ज्वल veseo derűs gembira hÿr, glaðlegur felice, raggiante 快活な 쾌활한 linksmas līksms senyuman yang ceria vrolijkmunter, glad promienny ژوندی، سرزنده alegre radios весёлый rozžiarený žareč blistav glad, glatt ที่ทำให้รู้สึกสดชื่น neşeli, canlı 充滿喜悅的，燦爛的 веселий خوش مزاج rạng rỡ 欢快的，愉快的

4. clever. bright children. skrander, knap, intelligent ذَكي نَبيه умен esperto chytrý gescheit klog; begavet έξυπνοςinteligente terane تیزهوش älykäs intelligentחכם बुद्धिमान pametan okos pintar greindur intelligente 利発な 영리한 protingas, sumanus prātīgs; atjautīgs bijak pienterkvikk, oppvakt rozgarnięty ځیرک esperto isteţ, inteligent смышлёный bystrý bister pametan skärpt, begåvad เฉียบแหลม zeki, parlak 聰明的 здібний; кмітливий تیز فہم ، ہوشیار sáng dạ 聪明的

ˈbrightly adverb

helder, blink, opgewek, opgeruim, vrolik بِلَمَعان، بِإشْراق ярко alegremente jasně, vesele hell lyst; klart φωτεινά, ζωηρά, χαρούμεναbrillantemente; alegremente; inteligentemente heledasti بطور درخشان kirkkaasti avec éclat בְאוֹר בּוֹהֵק चमक भरे sjajno fényesen; sziporkázva terang með ljóma in modo luminoso/brillante 明るく 밝게 šviesiai, ryškiai spoži; spilgti; līksmi dengan bijak helder klart, lyst, blankt; muntert; kviktjasno په ځلیدونکی ډول alegremente strălucit(or) ярко žiarivo bleščeče blistavo klart, ljust, glatt เจิดจ้า canlı bir şekilde, neşeli bir şekilde 明亮地 яскраво; блискуче خوش مزاجی سے tươi sáng 明亮地

ˈbrightness noun

helderheid, glans, knapheid, opgeruimdheid لَمَعان، إشْراق، سُطوع яркост esperteza jas die Helle lysstyrke λαμπρότητα, φωτεινότητα, ζωηρότητα brillo, resplandor; inteligencia heledus درخشندگی؛ زرنگی kirkkaus éclatבהירות चमक svjetlost ragyogás cahaya terang ljómi, birta luminosità 輝き 밝음 šviesumas, ryškumas spožums; spilgtums kebijaksanaan helderheid klarhet, munterhet; oppvakthet jasność ځلا، زرنګی esperteza strălucire яркость jas blesk blistavost klarhet, ljus ความสว่าง parlaklık, canlılık, aydınlık 明亮，聰明 яскравість; кмітливість اجالا sự tươi sáng; sự thông minh 鲜明，明亮，智慧，聪明

ˈbrighten verb

(often with up) to make or become bright or brighter. The new wallpaper brightens up the room. verlig, verhelder, opvrolik يُضيئ، يَسْطَع лъскам alegrar oživit, rozjasnit erhellen klare op; live op φωτίζω, λαμπρύνω, ζωηρεύωiluminar, dar luz, proporcionar claridad heleda(ma)ks tegema, helenema درخشان کردن؛ روشن تر کردن kirkastaa aviver, éclairer להַבהִיר चमकना osvijetliti (ki)fényesít, felderít memeriahkan, menjadikan terang hÿrga; lífga ravvivare, rendere più luminoso 明るくする 밝게 하다 pagyvėti, pagyvinti spodrināt; atdzīvoties; atdzīvināt (izskatu) mencerahkan helder maken, helder wordenlyse opp, få til å skinne rozjaśnić روښانه کول، ځلادار کول alegrar a (se) lumina; a face să strălucească освежать rozjasniť razsvetliti oživeti lysa upp, förgylla, muntra upp ทำให้สว่าง aydınlanmak, aydınlatmak 使明亮 надавати блиску; кращати چمکانا làm sáng sủa 使明亮

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