Hypertext Webster Gateway: "brightness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Brightness \Bright"ness\, n. [AS. beorhines. See {Bright}.]
1. The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster;
brilliancy; clearness.
A sudden brightness in his face appear. --Crabbe.
2. Acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit.
The brightness of his parts . . . distinguished him.
--Prior.
Syn: Splendor; luster; radiance; resplendence; brilliancy;
effulgence; glory; clearness.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
brightness
n 1: the location of a visual perception along the black-to-white
continuum [ant: {dullness}]
2: intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty [syn: {cleverness},
{smartness}]
3: the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light;
"its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun"
[syn: {luminosity}, {brightness level}, {luminance}, {luminousness},
{light}]
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