ILLUMINATION
\ɪlˌuːmɪnˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɪlˌuːmɪnˈeɪʃən], \ɪ_l_ˌuː_m_ɪ_n_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of ILLUMINATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook"
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the degree of visibility of your environment
By Princeton University
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an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook"
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the degree of visibility of your environment
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
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Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.
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Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See Illuminate, v. t., 3.
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That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript.
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That which illuminates or gives light; brightness; splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge.
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The special communication of knowledge to the mind by God; inspiration.
By Oddity Software
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The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
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Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.
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Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See Illuminate, v. t., 3.
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That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript.
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That which illuminates or gives light; brightness; splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge.
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The special communication of knowledge to the mind by God; inspiration.
By Noah Webster.
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The illumination of an environment and the arrangement of lights to achieve an effect or optimal visibility. Its application is in domestic or in public settings and in medical and non-medical environments.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Supply of light; the act of giving light to, or state of being lighted; especially, the decoration of houses or cities with lights; the art of adorning books or manuscripts; a design in a work so adorned; intellectual light; inspiration.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. The lighting up of a cavity or surface for diagnostic purposes; the lighting of the object under a microscope. 2. The amount of light thrown upon a body, especially upon the object being examined under a microscope.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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The act of illuminating; the state of being illuminated; a display of lights; brightness; splendour; that which gives light; the practice of adorning manuscripts and books with ornamental letters and pictures; divine inspiration; the body of the illuminati; illuminism.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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n. The act of illuminating or state of being illuminated ;- festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights ;- adornment of books and manuscripts with coloured illustrations ; -that which illuminates or gives light ; brightness ; splendour ;- infusion of intellectual light or knowledge ; communication of divine light ; inspiration.
