Definitions for brightness
ˈbraɪt nɪsbright·ness

Princeton's WordNet(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. brightnessnoun

   the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white

2. brightness, cleverness, smartnessnoun

   intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty

3. luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, lightnoun

   the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light

   "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun"

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1. brightnessnoun

   the quality of being bright

2. brightnessnoun

   the perception elicited by the luminance of an object

3. brightnessnoun

   intelligence, cleverness

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1. Brightnessnoun

   the quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness

2. Brightnessnoun

   acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit

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1. Brightness

   Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to be radiating or reflecting light. In other words, brightness is the perception elicited by the luminance of a visual target. This is a subjective attribute/property of an object being observed.

Matched Categories

1. • Intelligence
   • Light

How to pronounce brightness?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say brightness in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of brightness in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of brightness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of brightness in a Sentence

1. Gallagher:

   Don't you wish there were a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence There's one marked 'Brightness,' but it doesn't work.

2. Katelyn Allers:

   We can't see the clouds themselves, but when a cloud rotates into view or out of view, it changes the brightness of the planet.

3. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   Put a very clever man next to a genius, his brightness will immediately turn to dullness!

4. Kaye Wise-Whitehead:

   When the system itself starts you behind, it takes a lot more money to get you up and moving, when you look at the state of Baltimore City schools -- how they have been systematically underfunded -- you can pump money in, [but] it's going to take a while to get HVACs up, to get air going, to get quality going, to get the schools themselves in a place where they can sustain brightness, the energy and the brilliance of our children that are coming in.

5. Frances Rodman:

   Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows.

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