English noun: brightness |
1. | brightness (attribute) the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white |
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| Broader (hypernym) | light, lightness |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | blaze, brilliance, brilliancy, dazzle, effulgence, flash, glare, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, iridescence, luster, lustre, opalescence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, scintillation, shine, sparkle, splendor, splendour |
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| Antonyms | dullness |
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2. | brightness (cognition) intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty |
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| Synonyms | cleverness, smartness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | intelligence |
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3. | brightness (attribute) the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light |
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| Samples | Its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun.
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| Synonyms | brightness level, light, luminance, luminosity, luminousness |
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| Broader (hypernym) | physical property |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | glow, illuminance, illumination, incandescence, luminescence |
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| Attribute | bright, dull |
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