Illumination - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ɪˌluːmɪˈneɪʃn|
Brit.
|ɪˌl(j)uːmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n|
noun
- a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination (syn: light)
- the degree of visibility of your environment
- an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding (syn: clarification, elucidation)
- the luminous flux incident on a unit area
- painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) (syn: miniature)
- the degree of visibility of your environment
- an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding (syn: clarification, elucidation)
- the luminous flux incident on a unit area
- painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) (syn: miniature)
Extra examples
When taking photographs indoors, use a flash for illumination.
They traveled to the temple in search of spiritual illumination.
The only illumination came from a small window in the opposite wall.
White candles, the only illumination, burned on the table.
...before electricity, gas lamps were used for illumination during the nighttime...
Word forms
noun
singular: illumination
plural: illuminations
singular: illumination
plural: illuminations
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