Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dimness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dimness \Dim"ness\, n. [AS. dimness.]
1. The state or quality ? being dim; lack of brightness,
clearness, or distinctness; dullness; obscurity.
2. Dullness, or want of clearness, of vision or of
intellectual perception. --Dr. H. More.
Syn: Darkness; obscurity; gloom. See {Darkness}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dimness
n 1: the state of being poorly illuminated [syn: {duskiness}]
2: the property of lacking brilliance [syn: {subduedness}]
3: the quality of being dim [syn: {faintness}]
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