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 Definitions of brightness  [ˈbraɪt nɪs]  

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Definition of 'brightness' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) brightness
the quality of being bright.

2.  brightness
the luminance of a body that an observer uses to determine the comparative luminance of another body.

Etymology:  (bef. 950)

Definition of 'brightness' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) brightness
the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white

2. (noun) brightness, cleverness, smartness
intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty

3. (noun) luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, light
the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
"its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun"


Definition of 'brightness' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) brightness
the quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness

2. (noun) brightness
acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit


Translation of 'brightness' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: clever
bright children.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: helderheid, glans, knaphe Arabic flag Arabic: لَمَعان، إشْراق، سُطوع Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: яркост
Brazilian flag Brazilian: esperteza Czech flag Czech: jas German flag German: die Helle
Danish flag Danish: lysstyrke Greek flag Greek: λαμπρότητα, φωτεινότητα, Spanish flag Spanish: brillo, resplandor; intel
Estonian flag Estonian: heledus Farsi flag Farsi: درخشندگی؛ زرنگی Finnish flag Finnish: kirkkaus
French flag French: éclat Hebrew flag Hebrew: בְהִירוּת Hindi flag Hindi: चमक
Croatian flag Croatian: svjetlost Hungarian flag Hungarian: ragyogás Indonesian flag Indonesian: cahaya terang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: ljómi, birta Italian flag Italian: luminosità Japanese flag Japanese: 輝き
Korean flag Korean: 밝음 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: šviesumas, ryškumas Latvian flag Latvian: spožums; spilgtums
Malay flag Malay: kebijaksanaan Dutch flag Dutch: helderheid Norwegian flag Norwegian: klarhet, munterhet; oppva
Polish flag Polish: jasność Persian flag Persian: درخشندگی؛ زرنگی Pashto flag Pashto: ځلا، زرنګی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: esperteza Romanian flag Romanian: strălucire Russian flag Russian: яркость
Slovak flag Slovak: jas Slovenian flag Slovenian: blesk Serbian flag Serbian: blistavost
Swedish flag Swedish: klarhet, ljus Thai flag Thai: ความสว่าง Turkish flag Turkish: parlaklık, canlılık, aydı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 明亮,聰明 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: яскравість; кмітливість Urdu flag Urdu: اجالا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự tươi sáng; sự thông mi Chinese flag Chinese: 鲜明,明亮,智慧,聪明

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