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illumination
noun
1 illumination
A condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination.
synonym: light.
Roget 847:
ornament,
ornamentation,
ornamental art;
ornature†,
ornateness;
adornment,
decoration,
embellishment;
architecture;
jewelry
etc.
847.1.
[surface coatings for wood: list]
garnish,
polish,
varnish,
French polish,
veneer,
japanning,
lacquer.
[surface coatings for metal]
gilding,
plating,
ormolu,
enamel,
cloisonn_e.
[surface coatings for human skin]
cosmetics
(in general),
makeup;
[Makeup list],
eye shadow,
rouge,
face powder,
lipstick,
blush.
[ornamental surface pattern: list]
pattern,
diaper,
powdering,
paneling,
graining,
pargeting†;
detail;
repousse
(convexity)
250;
texture
etc.
329;
richness;
tracery,
molding,
fillet,
listel†,
strapwork†,
coquillage [Fr.],
flourish,
fleur-de-lis [Fr.],
arabesque,
fret,
anthemion†;
egg and tongue,
egg and dart;
astragal†,
zigzag,
acanthus,
cartouche;
pilaster
etc.
(projection)
250;
bead,
beading;
champleve ware [Fr.],
cloisonne ware;
frost work,
Moresque [Lat.],
Morisco,
tooling.
[ornamental cloth]
embroidery;
brocade,
brocatelle†,
galloon,
lace,
fringe,
trapping,
border,
edging,
trimming;
hanging,
tapestry,
arras;
millinery,
ermine;
drap d'or [Fr.].
wreath,
festoon,
garland,
chaplet,
flower,
nosegay,
bouquet,
posy,
daisies pied and violets blue,"
tassel,
[Love's Labor's Lost],
knot;
shoulder knot,
apaulette†,
epaulet,
aigulet†,
frog;
star,
rosette,
bow;
feather,
plume,
pompom†,
panache,
aigrette.
finery,
frippery,
gewgaw,
gimcrack,
tinsel,
spangle,
clinquant†,
pinchbeck,
paste;
excess of ornament
etc.
(vulgarity)
851;
gaud,
pride.
[ornamentation of text]
illustration,
illumination,
vignette.
fleuron†;
head piece [Fr.],
tail piece [Fr.];
cul-de-lampe [Fr.];
flowers of rhetoric
etc.
577;
work of art.
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Roget 420:
light,
ray,
beam,
stream,
gleam,
streak,
pencil;
sunbeam,
moonbeam;
aurora.
day;
sunshine;
light of day,
light of heaven;
moonlight,
starlight,
sunlight
etc.
(luminary)
432;
daylight,
broad daylight,
noontide light;
noontide,
noonday,
noonday sun.
glow
etc.
v.;
glimmering
etc.
v.;
glint;
play of light,
flood of light;
phosphorescence,
lambent flame.
flush,
halo,
glory,
nimbus,
aureola.
spark,
scintilla;
facula;
sparkling
etc.
v.;
emication†,
scintillation,
flash,
blaze,
coruscation,
fulguration†;
flame
etc.
(fire)
382;
lightning,
levin†,
ignis fatuus [Lat.],
etc.
(luminary)
423.
luster,
sheen,
shimmer,
reflexion [Brit.],
reflection;
gloss,
tinsel,
spangle,
brightness,
brilliancy,
splendor;
effulgence,
refulgence;
fulgor†,
fulgidity†;
dazzlement†,
resplendence,
transplendency†;
luminousness
etc.
adj.;
luminosity;
lucidity;
renitency†,
nitency†;
radiance,
radiation;
irradiation,
illumination.
actinic rays,
actinism;
Roentgen-ray,
Xray;
photography,
heliography;
photometer
etc.
445.
[Science of light]
optics;
photology†,
photometry;
dioptrics†,
catoptrics†.
[Distribution of light]
chiaroscuro,
clairobscur†,
clear obscure,
breadth,
light and shade,
black and white,
tonality.
reflection,
refraction,
dispersion;
refractivity.
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Roget 558:
engraving,
chalcography†;
line engraving,
mezzotint engraving,
stipple engraving,
chalk engraving;
dry point,
bur;
etching,
aquatinta†;
chiseling;
plate engraving,
copperplate engraving,
steel engraving,
wood engraving;
xylography,
lignography†,
glyptography†,
cerography†,
lithography,
chromolithography†,
photolithography,
zincography†,
glyphography,
xylograph,
lignograph†,
glyptograph†,
cerograph†,
lithograph,
chromolithograph,
photolithograph,
zincograph†,
glyphograph†,
holograph.
impression,
print,
engraving,
plate;
steelplate,
copperplate;
etching;
mezzotint,
aquatint,
lithotint†;
cut,
woodcut;
stereotype,
graphotype†,
autotype†,
heliotype†.
graver,
burin†,
etching point,
style;
plate,
stone,
wood block,
negative;
die,
punch,
stamp.
printing;
plate printing,
copperplate printing,
anastatic printing†,
color printing,
lithographic printing;
type printing
etc.
591;
three-color process.
illustration,
illumination;
half tone;
photogravure;
vignette,
initial letter,
cul de lampe [Fr.],
tailpiece.
[person who inscribes on stone]
lapidary,
lapidarian.
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2 illumination
The degree of visibility of your environment.
3 illumination
An interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding.
synonyms: clarification, elucidation.
Dutch: verklaring, toelichting, verduidelijking, opheldering
Polish: przejaśnienie, rozjaśnienie
4 illumination
The luminous flux incident on a unit area.
synonym: illuminance.
Dutch: verlichtingssterkte
5 illumination
Painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts).
synonym: miniature.
Dutch: verlichting, miniatuur
Polish: iluminacja, inicjał, miniatura
Moby thesaurus: abstract, abstraction, accomplishments, acquisition of knowledge, acquisitions, acrylic painting, adjunct, adornment, allegorization, altarpiece, arc lighting, arrangement, attainments, awareness, black and white, block print, brightness, catechization, chiaroscuro, clarification, coaching, collage, color, color patterns, color print, color printing, coloration, coloring, contrast, copy, cracking, cyclorama, daub, decipherment, decoding, decor, decoration, decorative lighting, demonstration, demythologization, didactics, diptych, direct lighting, direction, dyeing, edification, editing, education, elaboration, electric lighting, elucidation, emanation, embellishment, emblazonment, emblazonry, embroidery, emendation, encaustic cerography, encaustic painting, engraving, enlightenment, euhemerism, exegesis, exemplification, explanation, explication, exposition, expounding, festoon lighting, finger painting, floodlighting, flourish, flower arrangement, flower painting, fluorescence, fluorescent lighting, fresco, fresco painting, furniture arrangement, garnish, garnishment, garniture, gaslighting, genre painting, glow lighting, gouache, grisaille, guidance, highlight, highlights, icon, illustration, image, impasto, incandescence, incandescent lighting, indirect lighting, information, insight, instruction, irradiance, irradiancy, irradiation, learning, liberal education, light, light and shade, light source, lighting, likeness, lithography, luminosity, luminous energy, miniature, monochrome, montage, mosaic, mural, mural painting, oil painting, ornament, ornamentation, overhead lighting, painting, panorama, pedagogics, pedagogy, phosphorescence, photograph, photosensitivity, picture, picturization, pigmentation, portraiture, poster painting, print, private teaching, programmed instruction, radiance, radiancy, radiant energy, radiation, rationale, reason, reeducation, representation, reproduction, revelation, schooling, self-instruction, self-teaching, sidelight, simplification, solution, sophistication, spoon-feeding, spot lighting, stage lighting, stained glass window, staining, stencil, still life, store of knowledge, strip lighting, tableau, tapestry, teaching, the brush, tinction, tinging, tinting, tonality, trim, trimming, triptych, tuition, tutelage, tutorage, tutoring, tutorship, understanding, unlocking, visible radiation, wall painting, wash, wash drawing, window dressing ... show more.
illuminations
noun
Roget 883:
celebration,
solemnization,
jubilee,
commemoration,
ovation,
paean,
triumph,
jubilation,
ceremony
(rite)
998;
holiday,
fiesta,
zarabanda†,
revelry,
feast
(amusement)
840;
china anniversary,
diamond anniversary,
golden anniversary,
silver anniversary,
tin anniversary,
china jubilee,
diamond jubilee,
golden jubilee,
silver jubilee,
tin jubilee,
china wedding,
diamond wedding,
golden wedding,
silver wedding,
tin wedding.
triumphal arch,
bonfire,
salute;
salvo,
salvo of artillery;
feu de joie [Fr.],
flourish of trumpets,
fanfare,
colors flying,
illuminations.
inauguration,
installation,
presentation;
coronation;
Lord Mayor's show;
harvest-home,
red-letter day;
trophy
etc.
733;
Te Deum
etc.
(thanksgiving)
990 [Lat.];
fete
etc.
882;
holiday
etc.
840;
Forefathers' Day [U.S.].
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