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radiance
noun
1 radiance
The amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface.
synonyms: glow, glowing.
Roget 845:
beauty,
the beautiful,
to kalon [Gr.],
le beau ideal.
[Science of the perception of beauty]
aesthetics,
callaesthetics†.
[-beauty of people]
pulchritude,
form,
elegance,
grace,
beauty unadorned,
natural beauty;
symmetry
etc.
242;
comeliness,
fairness
etc.
adj.;
polish,
gloss;
good effect,
good looks;
belle tournure†;
trigness†;
bloom,
brilliancy,
radiance,
splendor,
gorgeousness,
magnificence;
sublimity,
sublimification†.
concinnity†,
delicacy,
refinement;
charm,
je ne sais quoi [Fr.],
style.
Venus,
Aphrodite†,
Hebe,
the Graces,
Peri,
Houri,
Cupid,
Apollo†,
Hyperion,
Adonis†,
Antionous†,
Narcissus.
peacock,
butterfly;
garden;
flower of,
pink of;
bijou;
jewel
etc.
(ornament)
847;
work of art.
flower,
flow'ret gay†;
[flowers: list]
wildflower;
rose,
lily,
anemone,
asphodel,
buttercup,
crane's bill,
daffodil,
tulip,
tiger lily,
day lily,
begonia,
marigold,
geranium,
lily of the valley,
ranunculus,
rhododendron,
windflower.
pleasurableness
etc.
829.
beautifying;
landscaping,
landscape gardening;
decoration
etc.
847;
calisthenics†.
[person who is beautiful]
beauty;
hunk
(of men).
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2 radiance
The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light.
synonyms: effulgence, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine.
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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Dutch: straling
Polish: promienistość
3 radiance
An attractive combination of good health and happiness.
Moby thesaurus: aura, blare, blaze, blaze of glory, blazing light, blinding light, blitheness, blithesomeness, bright light, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, brilliant light, burst of light, charisma, cheer, cheerfulness, cheeriness, cheery vein, coruscation, dazzle, dazzling light, delight, diffusion, dispersion, effulgence, emanation, envelope, eupeptic mien, flamboyance, flood of light, fulgor, geniality, gladness, gladsomeness, glamour, glare, glaring light, gleam, gloriousness, glory, glow, good cheer, gorgeousness, halo, happiness, heavenliness, highlight, hopefulness, illumination, illustriousness, incandescence, irradiance, irradiancy, irradiation, joy, light, light source, luminosity, luminous energy, luminousness, luster, magic, mystique, nimbus, numinousness, optimism, phosphorescence, photosensitivity, pleasantness, pleasure, radiancy, radiant energy, radiant splendor, radiation, radius, ravishingness, ray, refulgence, refulgency, resplendence, resplendency, rosy expectation, sanguine humor, sanguineness, scattering, scintillation, shimmer, shine, sidelight, sparkle, splendidness, splendor, splendorousness, splendrousness, spoke, streaming light, sublimity, sunniness, twinkle, visible radiation, vividness, warmth, winsomeness ... show more.
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