Radiance
noun
The quality of shining very brightly.
The radiance of the setting sun made the world glow.
Often appears as...
- emitting radiance
- pure radiance
noun
A cheerful disposition that expresses happiness or friendliness.
His face was glowing with a radiant smile.
Often appears as...
- radiance of smile
- radiance of joy
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Literary
noun
The amount of electromagnetic energy a body or surface emits outward.
The radiance of the light bulb was measured in lumens.
Often appears as...
- measure radiance
- calculate radiance
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Technical
noun
The quality of shining very brightly.
The radiance of the setting sun made the world glow.
Often appears as...
- emitting radiance
- pure radiance
noun
A cheerful disposition that expresses happiness or friendliness.
His face was glowing with a radiant smile.
Often appears as...
- radiance of smile
- radiance of joy
Usage tips
Literary
noun
The amount of electromagnetic energy a body or surface emits outward.
The radiance of the light bulb was measured in lumens.
Often appears as...
- measure radiance
- calculate radiance
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Brightness
Radiance often refers to intense light that is very pleasing to the eyes.
The radiance of the diamonds drew everyone's attention.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
Used metaphorically, 'radiance' implies a mood or situation that is vibrant or positive.
Their happiness gave a radiance to the celebration.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
'Radiance' can suggest intensity but free from harshness, often associated with warmth.
The room was filled with the soft radiance from the fireplace.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Brightness
Radiance often refers to intense light that is very pleasing to the eyes.
The radiance of the diamonds drew everyone's attention.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
Used metaphorically, 'radiance' implies a mood or situation that is vibrant or positive.
Their happiness gave a radiance to the celebration.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
'Radiance' can suggest intensity but free from harshness, often associated with warmth.
The room was filled with the soft radiance from the fireplace.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Brightness
Radiance often refers to intense light that is very pleasing to the eyes.
The radiance of the diamonds drew everyone's attention.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
Used metaphorically, 'radiance' implies a mood or situation that is vibrant or positive.
Their happiness gave a radiance to the celebration.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
'Radiance' can suggest intensity but free from harshness, often associated with warmth.
The room was filled with the soft radiance from the fireplace.
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The dawn of the age of...
The field of view for the product is almost irrelevant. What we should be talking about is the density of lights, or radiance, that shows up. Better said, what the angular resolution is of the things that you see. So from that perspective, what you saw --
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Explore Antarctica With...
radiance it's such a wilderness it's such a pristine landscape you are one with the wild lives it's just something that you won't experience over and over I've been completely in love with the ocean since I was very very young I
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Can you solve the Big...
or the immediate right of final antiparticles means you’ll reach this endgame state and survive. So here are the safe spots in all three given circles. You find a good position and experience the bittersweet radiance
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we're gonna fix it toughest fixes I'm about to climb into the belly of that beast she is radiance of the Seas where we're going to install a brand new less costly power plant that will save will
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The dawn of the age of...
The field of view for the product is almost irrelevant. What we should be talking about is the density of lights, or radiance, that shows up. Better said, what the angular resolution is of the things that you see. So from that perspective, what you saw --
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Explore Antarctica With...
radiance it's such a wilderness it's such a pristine landscape you are one with the wild lives it's just something that you won't experience over and over I've been completely in love with the ocean since I was very very young I
Video examples
Can you solve the Big...
or the immediate right of final antiparticles means you’ll reach this endgame state and survive. So here are the safe spots in all three given circles. You find a good position and experience the bittersweet radiance
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Cruise Ship Fix PIPE...
we're gonna fix it toughest fixes I'm about to climb into the belly of that beast she is radiance of the Seas where we're going to install a brand new less costly power plant that will save will
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James E. Faust
American Clergyman
Femininity is not just lipstick, stylish hairdos, and trendy clothes. It is the divine adornment of humanity. It finds expression in your qualities of your capacity to love, your spirituality, delicacy, radiance, sensitivity, creativity, charm, graciousness, gentleness, dignity, and quiet strength.
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Patricia Sun
American Author
We have magnificent brains, but we use a great deal of our brilliance to keep ourselves stuck and ignorant, to keep ourselves from not shining. We are so afraid of our beauty and radiance and brilliance because it scared the adults around us when we were children.
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William Wordsworth
English Poet
That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.
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Donald Bren
American Businessman
Newport Center has become a Mediterranean town. The climate here is the same as the Mediterranean's, and so is the architecture. This center exudes a radiance, an energy. It will become a special way of life for everyone.
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George Edward Woodberry
American Critic
To realize life in the abstract as noble or beautiful or humane, to set it forth so with radiance upon it, that is civilization in the arts. Shakespeare is the chief modern example of this supreme faculty of mankind.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
American Novelist
Love, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, this it overflows upon the outward world.
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Elizabeth Taylor
English Actress
I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it.
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Morgan Freeman
American Actor
Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.
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Jane Seymour
English Actress
Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security and strong character.
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Anatole Broyard
American Critic
When friends stop being frank and useful to each other, the whole world loses some of its radiance.
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James E. Faust
American Clergyman
Femininity is not just lipstick, stylish hairdos, and trendy clothes. It is the divine adornment of humanity. It finds expression in your qualities of your capacity to love, your spirituality, delicacy, radiance, sensitivity, creativity, charm, graciousness, gentleness, dignity, and quiet strength.
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Patricia Sun
American Author
We have magnificent brains, but we use a great deal of our brilliance to keep ourselves stuck and ignorant, to keep ourselves from not shining. We are so afraid of our beauty and radiance and brilliance because it scared the adults around us when we were children.
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William Wordsworth
English Poet
That though the radiance which was once so bright be now forever taken from my sight. Though nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower. We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind.
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Donald Bren
American Businessman
Newport Center has become a Mediterranean town. The climate here is the same as the Mediterranean's, and so is the architecture. This center exudes a radiance, an energy. It will become a special way of life for everyone.
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George Edward Woodberry
American Critic
To realize life in the abstract as noble or beautiful or humane, to set it forth so with radiance upon it, that is civilization in the arts. Shakespeare is the chief modern example of this supreme faculty of mankind.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
American Novelist
Love, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, this it overflows upon the outward world.
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Elizabeth Taylor
English Actress
I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it.
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Morgan Freeman
American Actor
Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.
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Jane Seymour
English Actress
Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security and strong character.
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Anatole Broyard
American Critic
When friends stop being frank and useful to each other, the whole world loses some of its radiance.
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