illumination
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French illumination, from Late Latin illuminatio, from Latin illumino.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪˌlumɪˈneɪʃən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˌl(j)umɪˈneɪʃən/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: il‧lu‧mi‧na‧tion
Noun
illumination (countable and uncountable, plural illuminations)
- The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
- Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.
- Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See illuminate (transitive verb).
- (figurative) Splendour; brightness.
- (figurative) Enlightening influence; inspiration.
Synonyms
- lumination (rare)
Derived terms
- bioillumination
- counterillumination
- endoillumination
- global illumination
- illuminationism
- illuminationist
- illumination problem
- nonillumination
- oblique illumination
- overillumination
- over-illumination
- Phong illumination
- photoillumination
- postillumination
- preillumination
- reillumination
- retroillumination
- structured illumination
- structured illumination microscopy
- transillumination
- underillumination
- unillumination
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Translations
the act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated
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festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights
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adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin illuminātiōnem, from Latin illuminō.
Pronunciation
Noun
illumination f (plural illuminations)
- enlightenment (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)
- illumination, lighting
Related terms
Further reading
- “illumination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.