radiance
Etymology Pronunciation
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Etymology Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɹeɪdi.əns/
radiance
- The quality or state of being radiant; shining, bright or splendid.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC ↗:
- Girt with omnipotence, with radiance crowned.
- (physics) The flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source.
- French: éclat
- German: Glanz, Strahlen, Leuchten
- Italian: radianza
- Portuguese: radiância
- Russian: сия́ние
- Spanish: resplandor, brillo, fulgor
- German: Radianz, Strahldichte
- Portuguese: radiância
- Russian: излуче́ние
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