Illumination
noun
The act of lighting up a space or event.
The illumination of the park for the festival was stunning.
Often appears as...
- street illumination
- festival illumination
noun
The process of explaining and making something clear.
Her lecture provided the necessary illumination on the topic.
Often appears as...
- topic illumination
- concept illumination
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Academic
noun
A decorated letter or page in a manuscript.
The illumination in the old book is quite exquisite.
Often appears as...
- manuscript illumination
- book illumination
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Literary
noun
In physics, it's the amount of light per unit area.
He is studying the illumination levels in different parts of the room.
Often appears as...
- ambient illumination
- direct illumination
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Technical
noun
The act of lighting up a space or event.
The illumination of the park for the festival was stunning.
Often appears as...
- street illumination
- festival illumination
noun
The process of explaining and making something clear.
Her lecture provided the necessary illumination on the topic.
Often appears as...
- topic illumination
- concept illumination
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A decorated letter or page in a manuscript.
The illumination in the old book is quite exquisite.
Often appears as...
- manuscript illumination
- book illumination
Usage tips
Literary
noun
In physics, it's the amount of light per unit area.
He is studying the illumination levels in different parts of the room.
Often appears as...
- ambient illumination
- direct illumination
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Physical lighting
Refers to actual lights used in spaces or during events.
The illumination in the hall made the artwork pop.
Pro Tip 2/2Visual appeal
Emphasizes beauty and decorative aspect, not just functionality.
The city's illumination during holidays is magical.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical lighting
Refers to actual lights used in spaces or during events.
The illumination in the hall made the artwork pop.
Pro Tip 2/2Visual appeal
Emphasizes beauty and decorative aspect, not just functionality.
The city's illumination during holidays is magical.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical lighting
Refers to actual lights used in spaces or during events.
The illumination in the hall made the artwork pop.
Pro Tip 2/2Visual appeal
Emphasizes beauty and decorative aspect, not just functionality.
The city's illumination during holidays is magical.
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Pico Iyer: A Portable...
going to look around my hometown as if I were foreigner and after about two days that resolve gets but not really exactly at last but if you can do it then then you realize that you don't have to go across the world to find whatever transformation or illumination you're searching right right one of the things
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Optical illusions show...
other than through our senses. And the light that falls onto our eyes is determined by multiple things in the world, not only the color of objects, but also the color of their illumination, and the color of the space between us and those objects. You vary any one of those parameters,
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Moon 101 PIPE National...
From the Earth's surface, we can observe eight distinct traditionally recognized stages of the moon's illumination, called lunar phases. They have been observed for thousands of years, and even provided the basis for the earliest calendars.
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What is the rarest color...
only appearing red at some angles of illumination and observation. This gives us two contenders for nature’s rarest absorption-based matte blues and structural iridescent reds. Between these two, structural reds are much rarer.
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Krista Tippett:...
And it is much harder, often, to be compassionate towards those closest to us, which is another quality in the universe of compassion, on its dark side, that also deserves our serious attention and illumination.
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The most lightning-struck...
Together, these ingredients combine to give rise to the most awe-inspiring thunderstorms on the planet, a true sight to behold. Centuries ago, Sir Francis Drake may have cursed the lake's intense illumination,
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How we found the giant...
So for the deep sea squid hunt, I proposed using an optical lure attached to a camera platform with no thrusters, no motors, just a battery-powered camera, and the only illumination coming from red light
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How we found the giant...
just a battery-powered camera and the only illumination coming from red light that's invisible to most deep-sea animals that are adapted to see plant primarily blue that's visible to our eye
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Wireless data from every...
Online life. So that is a vision, I think, that is possible. So, all we would need to do is to fit a small microchip to every potential illumination device.
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What's Hiding in the...
illuminations a squid its lights moving as its body throbs
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Pico Iyer: A Portable...
going to look around my hometown as if I were foreigner and after about two days that resolve gets but not really exactly at last but if you can do it then then you realize that you don't have to go across the world to find whatever transformation or illumination you're searching right right one of the things
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Optical illusions show...
other than through our senses. And the light that falls onto our eyes is determined by multiple things in the world, not only the color of objects, but also the color of their illumination, and the color of the space between us and those objects. You vary any one of those parameters,
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Moon 101 PIPE National...
From the Earth's surface, we can observe eight distinct traditionally recognized stages of the moon's illumination, called lunar phases. They have been observed for thousands of years, and even provided the basis for the earliest calendars.
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What is the rarest color...
only appearing red at some angles of illumination and observation. This gives us two contenders for nature’s rarest absorption-based matte blues and structural iridescent reds. Between these two, structural reds are much rarer.
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Krista Tippett:...
And it is much harder, often, to be compassionate towards those closest to us, which is another quality in the universe of compassion, on its dark side, that also deserves our serious attention and illumination.
Video examples
The most lightning-struck...
Together, these ingredients combine to give rise to the most awe-inspiring thunderstorms on the planet, a true sight to behold. Centuries ago, Sir Francis Drake may have cursed the lake's intense illumination,
Video examples
How we found the giant...
So for the deep sea squid hunt, I proposed using an optical lure attached to a camera platform with no thrusters, no motors, just a battery-powered camera, and the only illumination coming from red light
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How we found the giant...
just a battery-powered camera and the only illumination coming from red light that's invisible to most deep-sea animals that are adapted to see plant primarily blue that's visible to our eye
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Wireless data from every...
Online life. So that is a vision, I think, that is possible. So, all we would need to do is to fit a small microchip to every potential illumination device.
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What's Hiding in the...
illuminations a squid its lights moving as its body throbs
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Leonard Cohen
Canadian Singer
There are some people who come to me for some illumination on their problems. I guess they feel I'm writing about some of the things they themselves are going through. But I don't usually have much help to give - there isn't much you can say to someone in the midst of their own crises.
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Jacqueline Bisset
English Actress
I wanted to go to acting school, and I did a few modeling jobs to pay for acting school. I never aspired to be a model. I met lots of photographers, and I learned a lot about light - as a source of love and illumination, light as a gift of love. On film, that's a massive contribution.
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Jacob Bronowski
English Scientist
The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in whose light justice and injustice, good and evil, means and ends are seen in fearful sharpness of outline.
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Elizabeth Bibesco
British Poet
Happiness is a light, an atmosphere, an illumination. It sets a personality. I always feel that it is a creation that is difficult for some and easy for others, but essentially an achievement, never an accident.
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Mary Antin
Russian Activist
As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until morning, my father said, and so people did not need to carry lanterns.
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Elizabeth Hardwick
American Critic
The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.
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David Suchet
English Actor
I'd love to be remembered as a character actor who brought illumination to roles in wonderful plays and who delivered performances that made people think and rethink those roles.
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Andrew Lang
Scottish Poet
An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for illumination.
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Vin Scully
American Celebrity
Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.
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Romano Prodi
Italian Statesman
He uses statistics like a drunk uses lamp-posts, more for support than illumination.
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Leonard Cohen
Canadian Singer
There are some people who come to me for some illumination on their problems. I guess they feel I'm writing about some of the things they themselves are going through. But I don't usually have much help to give - there isn't much you can say to someone in the midst of their own crises.
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Jacqueline Bisset
English Actress
I wanted to go to acting school, and I did a few modeling jobs to pay for acting school. I never aspired to be a model. I met lots of photographers, and I learned a lot about light - as a source of love and illumination, light as a gift of love. On film, that's a massive contribution.
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Jacob Bronowski
English Scientist
The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in whose light justice and injustice, good and evil, means and ends are seen in fearful sharpness of outline.
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Elizabeth Bibesco
British Poet
Happiness is a light, an atmosphere, an illumination. It sets a personality. I always feel that it is a creation that is difficult for some and easy for others, but essentially an achievement, never an accident.
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Mary Antin
Russian Activist
As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until morning, my father said, and so people did not need to carry lanterns.
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Elizabeth Hardwick
American Critic
The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.
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David Suchet
English Actor
I'd love to be remembered as a character actor who brought illumination to roles in wonderful plays and who delivered performances that made people think and rethink those roles.
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Andrew Lang
Scottish Poet
An unsophisticated forecaster uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than for illumination.
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Vin Scully
American Celebrity
Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination.
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Romano Prodi
Italian Statesman
He uses statistics like a drunk uses lamp-posts, more for support than illumination.
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