lightness

light·ness ¹  (ltns)

n.

1. The quality or condition of being illuminated.

2. The dimension of the color of an object by which the object appears to reflect or transmit more or less of the incident light, varying from black to white for surface colors and from black to colorless for transparent volume colors.

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light·ness ²  (ltns)

n.

1. The state or quality of having little weight or force.

2. Ease or quickness of movement; agility.

3. Ease or cheerfulness in manner or style.

4. Freedom from worry or trouble.

5. Lack of appropriate seriousness; levity.

6. Delicacy or subtlety in craft, performance, or effect.

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lightness [ˈlaɪtnɪs]

n

the attribute of an object or colour that enables an observer to judge the extent to which the object or colour reflects or transmits incident light See also colour

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lightness - a feeling of joy and pride high spirits, elation joy, joyfulness, joyousness - the emotion of great happiness euphoria, euphory - a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation
	2.	lightness - the property of being comparatively small in weight; "the lightness of balsa wood" weightlessness weight - the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity airiness, buoyancy - the property of something weightless and insubstantial heaviness, weightiness - the property of being comparatively great in weight; "the heaviness of lead"
	3.	lightness - the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble agility, legerity, lightsomeness, nimbleness gracefulness - beautiful carriage
	4.	lightness - having a light color value - relative darkness or lightness of a color; "I establish the colors and principal values by organizing the painting into three values--dark, medium...and light"-Joe Hing Lowe darkness - having a dark or somber color
	5.	lightness - the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures; "he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark" light visual property - an attribute of vision gloriole, halo, nimbus, aura, aureole, glory - an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint sunniness - lightness created by sunlight highlighting, highlight - an area of lightness in a picture brightness - the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
	6.	lightness - the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous lightsomeness giddiness, silliness - an impulsive scatterbrained manner

Translations

lightness¹ [ˈlaɪtnɪs] N

1. (= brightness) [of room] → luminosidad f

2. (= paleness) [of colour] → claridad f

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lightness² [ˈlaɪtnɪs] N

1. (in weight) → ligereza f, liviandad f (LAm) (Culin) [of pastry, mixture] → ligereza f, suavidad f
a feeling of lightness came over her → le invadió una sensación de ligereza
her lightness of step → la ligereza or agilidad de sus pasos

2. (= undemanding nature) [of duties] → ligereza f

3. [of tone, voice] → suavidad f

4. [of sentence] → levedad f

lightness [ˈlaɪtnəs] n

(in weight) → légèreté f

[movement] → légèreté f

[treatment] → légèreté f
lightness of touch [writer, performer] → légèreté du trait

lightness¹

n → Helligkeit f

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lightness²

n

→ geringes Gewicht, Leichtheit f; (of task, step, movements) → Leichtigkeit f; (of taxes) → Niedrigkeit f; (of punishment) → Milde f; (of soil, cake) → Lockerheit f; lightness of touch (of pianist) → weicher or leichter Anschlag; the lightness of the breeze/music → die leichte Brise/Musik; a feeling of lightness came over him → ein Gefühl der Erleichterung überkam ihn

(= lack of seriousness) → mangelnder Ernst; a certain lightness in your attitude toward(s) the authorities → eine gewisse Leichtfertigkeit den Behörden gegenüber

lightness [ˈlaɪtnɪs] n

a. (brightness) → chiarezza

b. (in weight) → leggerezza

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lightness [ˈlaɪtnɪs] n

a. (brightness) → chiarezza

b. (in weight) → leggerezza