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radiance [ˈreɪdɪəns], radiancy n pl -ances, -ancies
1. the quality or state of being radiant 2. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) a measure of the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface. It is the radiant intensity in a given direction of a small element of surface area divided by the orthogonal projection of this area onto a plane at right angles to the direction. Symbol Le ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
radiance noun 1. happiness, delight, pleasure, joy, warmth, rapture, elation, gaiety There was a new radiance about her. 2. brightness, light, shine, glow, glitter, glare, gleam, brilliance, lustre, luminosity, incandescence, resplendence, effulgence The dim bulb cast a soft radiance over his face. Translations radiance [ˈreɪdɪəns] N 1. (= glow) [of face, personality, beauty] → lo radiante 2. (liter) (= brightness) [of sun, colour, light] → resplandor m 3. (Phys) → radiancia m How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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She and her husband fell asleep with hands tenderly clasped, and awoke from visions of unearthly radiance to meet the more blessed light of one another's eyes. After many years, on looking back from the middle turn of life's way at the events of the past, which, like a friendly crowd, seem to gaze sadly after us hastening towards the Cimmerian shore, we may see here and there, in the gray throng, some figure glowing with a faint radiance, as though it had caught all the light of our already crepuscular sky. But high above the flying scud and dark-rolling clouds, there floated a little isle of sunlight, from which beamed forth an angel's face; and this bright face shed a distinct spot of radiance upon the ship's tossed deck, something like that silver plate now inserted into the Victory's plank where Nelson fell. |
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