RADIANCE

radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency

(noun) the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

radiance, glow, glowing

(noun) the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface

radiance

(noun) an attractive combination of good health and happiness; “the radiance of her countenance”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

radiance (countable and uncountable, plural radiances)

The quality of being radiant, shining, bright or splendid.

(physics) The flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source.

Anagrams

• Caradine, canaried, caridean

Source: Wiktionary


Ra"di*ance, Ra"di*an*cy, n.

Definition: The quality of being radiant; brilliancy; effulgence; vivid brightness; as, the radiance of the sun. Girt with omnipotence, with radiance crowned. Milton. What radiancy of glory, What light beyond compare ! Neale.

Syn.

– Luster; brilliancy; splendor; glare; glitter.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

23 February 2025

BARGAIN

(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”


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The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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