| 单词 | illumination |
| 释义 | illumination —illuminational, adj. /i looh'meuh nay"sheuhn/, n. 1. an act or instance of illuminating. 2. the fact or condition of being illuminated. 3. a decoration of lights, usually colored lights. 4. Sometimes, illuminations. an entertainment, display, or celebration using lights as a major feature or decoration. 5. intellectual or spiritual enlightenment. 6. Also called illuminance, intensity of illumination. Optics. the intensity of light falling at a given place on a lighted surface; the luminous flux incident per unit area, expressed in lumens per unit of area. 7. a supply of light: a source of illumination. 8. decoration of a manuscript or book with a painted design in color, gold, etc. 9. a design used in such decoration. [1300-50; ME < ML illumination- (s. of illuminatio) spiritual enlightenment (L: illustriousness, glory) See ILLUMINATE, -ION] Syn. 5. knowledge, revelation, insight, wisdom. |
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