as in brightness
the quality or state of having or giving off light
there's a special luminousness to the air over the island that painters and photographers have long sought to capture
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This is enough brightness, potentially, to leave the M2 Pro watchable in rooms that aren’t completely blacked out – another handy lifestyle touch.—
John Archer,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025 -
This contrasts with a more standard black hole that typically acquires its material and energy unpredictably, resulting in irregular brightness fluctuations.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
4 June 2025
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So, astronomers have come up with a compromise regarding the geometry of the sun's illumination angle on Venus' disk versus its distance from Earth to determine the time of Venus' greatest brilliancy.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Family circles will have wrapped themselves in the holy pleasures of the great occasion, and everywhere the grand old holiday will have been introduced with all the majesty and brilliancy which clings around the hallowed name of Christmas.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
23 Dec. 2024
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Because the island is so removed from urban congestion, there’s no light pollution to hinder the brilliance in the sky.—
DeMarco Williams,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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The luxury brand represents both the brilliance of diamonds and an enduring artistic passion that has endured for more than 20 years.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
23 May 2025
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However, there’s slightly more lightness to the film than their previous collaborations.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
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The best from Bordeaux 2024 will be remembered for lightness, delicacy and aromatic beauty.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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“Luminousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luminousness. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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