brilliance

bril·liance  (brlyns)

n.

1. The state or quality of being brilliant, as:

a. Extreme brightness.

b. Exceptional clarity and agility of intellect or invention.

2. Splendor; magnificence.

3. Music Sharpness and clarity of tone.

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brilliance [ˈbrɪljəns], brilliancy

n

1. great brightness; radiance

2. excellence or distinction in physical or mental ability; exceptional talent

3. splendour; magnificence the brilliance of the royal court

4. (Physics / General Physics) Physics a former term for luminance

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	brilliance - a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of sunlight" glare, blaze brightness - the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
	2.	brilliance - the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products" grandeur, magnificence, splendor, splendour, grandness elegance - a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility" eclat - brilliant or conspicuous success or effect; "the eclat of a great achievement"
	3.	brilliance - unusual mental ability genius intelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience coruscation - a sudden or striking display of brilliance; "coruscations of great wit" pyrotechnics - (music) brilliance of display (as in the performance of music) scintillation - a brilliant display of wit

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brilliance brilliancy

noun

1. cleverness, talent, wisdom, distinction, genius, excellence, greatness, aptitude, inventiveness, acuity, giftedness, braininess His brilliance and genius will always remain.
cleverness folly, incompetence, stupidity, ineptitude, silliness, idiocy, inanity, simple-mindedness

2. brightness, blaze, intensity, sparkle, glitter, dazzle, gleam, sheen, lustre, radiance, luminosity, vividness, resplendence, effulgence, refulgence the brilliance of the sun on the water
brightness darkness, obscurity, dullness, dimness, paleness

3. splendour, glamour, grandeur, magnificence, éclat, gorgeousness, illustriousness, pizzazz or pizazz (informal), gilt The opera house was perfection, all brilliance and glamour.

Translations

brilliance [ˈbrɪljəns] N brilliancy [ˈbrɪljənsɪ] N

1. (= brightness) [of light] → resplandor m, brillo m; [of colour] → luminosidad f; [of gemstone] → resplandor m, fulgor m, brillo m

2. (= cleverness) [of student, scientist] → brillantez f, genialidad f

brilliance [ˈbrɪljəns] n

[sun, light] → éclat m

(= cleverness) → génie m

brilliance

n

(= brightness) → heller Glanz, Strahlen nt; (of colour) → Strahlen nt

(fig: = intelligence) → Großartigkeit f; (of scientist, artist, wit, achievement also) → Brillanz f; a man of such brilliance → ein Mann von so hervorragender Intelligenz

brilliance [ˈbrɪljəns] n (of light) → intensità; (of colour) → vivacità (fig) (of person) → genialità

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brilliance [ˈbrɪljəns] n (of light) → intensità; (of colour) → vivacità (fig) (of person) → genialità