radiance

[ rey-dee-uhns ]
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noun
  1. radiant brightness or light: the radiance of the tropical sun.

  2. warm, cheerful brightness: the radiance of her expression.

  1. Rare. radiation.

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Origin of radiance

1
First recorded in 1595–1605; radi(ant) + -ance

Other words for radiance

Other words from radiance

  • non·ra·di·ance, noun
  • sub·ra·di·ance, noun
  • su·per·ra·di·ance, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for radiance

radiance

radiancy

/ (ˈreɪdɪəns) /


nounplural -ances or -ancies
  1. the quality or state of being radiant

  2. a measure of the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface. It is the radiant intensity in a given direction of a small element of surface area divided by the orthogonal projection of this area onto a plane at right angles to the direction: Symbol: L e

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