luminousness

noun

Definition of luminousnessnext
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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  1. brightness
  2. brilliancy
  3. brilliance
  4. lightness
Noun
  • Apple already tunes its IPS panels to draw more color coverage and brightness out of them than usual, so imagine what OLED could do married to the MacBook Air’s color coverage and its True Tone color-temperature-adjustment feature.
    — PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Mar. 2025
  • There's a lot of brightness, but there's a lot of darkness.
    — Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Mar. 2025
Definition of brightness
Noun
  • 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
  • The Red Planet, shining at magnitude –1.4, is 40° to the east-northeast, and the king of planets, Jove, still near its greatest brilliancy for the year at magnitude –2.8, lies 46° west-southwest of Luna.
    — Michael E. Bakich, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2022
Definition of brilliancy
Noun
  • Fellow Broward County native Jordan Lyle showed flashes of brilliance as a freshman last year, rushing for 400 yards and four touchdowns on 54 carries.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Male competition, the divine mystery of creative brilliance, the fickleness of popularity: All play a part in Amadeus, although that shouldn’t discount how funny this film is, too.
    — Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of brilliance
Noun
  • Plunkett, so adept at channeling great pain through layers of gauzy lightness, reveals the depths of the character’s fear and avoidance when Ella asks if Joy will be present for her death.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The result is a robust overall runtime that nonetheless gives you a sense of lightness.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
Definition of lightness
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