illumination
noun
[ ɪˌl(j)uːmɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n ]
• lighting or light.
• "higher levels of illumination are needed for reading"
Similar:
light,
lighting,
radiance,
gleam,
glitter,
brilliance,
glow,
glare,
dazzle,
flash,
shimmer,
shining,
gleaming,
glowing,
irradiation,
luminescence,
incandescence,
fluorescence,
phosphorescence,
illumining,
irradiance,
lucency,
lambency,
effulgence,
refulgence,
coruscation,
fulguration,
• the art of illuminating a manuscript.
• clarification.
• "these books form the most sustained analysis and illumination of the subject"
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French from late Latin illuminatio(n- ), from the verb illuminare (see illuminate).
