illumination

il·lu·mi·na·tion  (-lm-nshn)

n.

1.

a. The act of illuminating.

b. The state of being illuminated.

2. A source of light.

3. Decorative lighting.

4. Spiritual or intellectual enlightenment.

5. Clarification; elucidation.

6.

a. The art or act of decorating a text, page, or initial letter with ornamental designs, miniatures, or lettering.

b. An example of this art.

7. Physics The luminous flux per unit area at any point on a surface exposed to incident light. Also called illuminance.

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illumination [ɪˌluːmɪˈneɪʃən]

n

1. the act of illuminating or the state of being illuminated

2. a source of light

3. (often plural) Chiefly Brit a light or lights, esp coloured lights, used as decoration in streets, parks, etc.

4. spiritual or intellectual enlightenment; insight or understanding

5. the act of making understood; clarification

6. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) decoration in colours, gold, or silver used on some manuscripts or printed works

7. (Physics / General Physics) Physics another name (not in technical usage) for illuminance

illuminational  adj

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illumination

1. the art of decorating manuscripts with illustrations, as in the capitals, tracery, etc.
2. the decoration itself.

See also: Manuscripts

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1. the process of decorating manuscripts with illustrations, as in the capitals, tracery, etc.
2. the decoration itself.

See also: Ornamentation

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	illumination - a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination; "follow God's light" light condition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
	2.	illumination - the degree of visibility of your environment state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" lighting, light - having abundant light or illumination; "they played as long as it was light"; "as long as the lighting was good" dark, darkness - absence of light or illumination
	3.	illumination - an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook" clarification, elucidation interpretation - an explanation that results from interpreting something; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence" disambiguation - clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity
	4.	illumination - the luminous flux incident on a unit area illuminance brightness level, luminance, luminosity, luminousness, brightness, light - the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light; "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun"
	5.	illumination - painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) miniature painting, picture - graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre" Dark Ages, Middle Ages - the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance

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illumination

noun

1. light, lighting, lights, ray, beam, lighting up, brightening, brightness, radiance The only illumination came from a small window above.

2. enlightenment, understanding, insight, perception, awareness, revelation, inspiration, clarification, edification No further illumination can be had from this theory.

plural noun

lights, decorations, fairy lights the famous Blackpool illuminations

Translations

illumination [ɪˌluːmɪˈneɪʃən] N (gen) → iluminación f (Art) → iluminación f (fig) → aclaración f illuminations (Brit) (= decorative lights) → luces fpl, iluminaciones fpl

illumination [ɪˌluːmɪˈneɪʃ^ən]

n (= lighting) → éclairage m

illuminations npl (= decorative lights) → illumination f

illumination

n

(of street, room, building) → Beleuchtung f; source of illumination → Lichtquelle f

illuminations pl (= decorative lights) → festliche Beleuchtung, Illumination f

(Art) (of manuscript) → Illumination f; (subject) → Buchmalerei f

(fig) → Erläuterung f

illumination [ɪˌluːmɪˈneɪʃ/ən] n

a. (lighting) → illuminazione f

b. (of manuscript) → miniatura

c. illuminations npl (coloured lights) → luminarie fpl

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illumination [ɪˌluːmɪˈneɪʃ/ən] n

a. (lighting) → illuminazione f

b. (of manuscript) → miniatura

c. illuminations npl (coloured lights) → luminarie fpl