luminationn.
/l(j)uːmɪˈneɪʃən/ rare.
A shedding or emission of light. †Also concrete an illumination (cf. luminary n. 2).
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the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun]
lightOE
luminary1484
lumination1654
luminant18..
illuminant1874
the world > matter > light > [noun] > shining or being luminous
shininga1300
lighteninga1382
lucencec1485
overshining1587
emication1633
luminosity1634
outshining1648
luminousness1668
fulsion1680
affulsion1730
raying1787
lumination1794
nebulosity1813
lustrousness1839
luminance1880
1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ D j b The glory of terrestrial Soveraignty..transcendeth..inferiour lights and luminations.
1709 Proclamation in K. Steuart By Allan Water (1901) iii. 104 The haill inhabitants to put out and mak luminations in the windows of their houses.
1794 J. Hutton Diss. Philos. Light 291 Most powerful for exciting heat, proportionally to its lumination.
1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic Hist. Introd. vii. 43 The liberty of the Netherlands, notwithstanding several brilliant but brief luminations,..seemed to remain in almost perpetual eclipse.
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