| NOUN | state | illumination, light | a condition of spiritual awareness |
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| state | illumination | the degree of visibility of your environment | |
| communication | illumination, clarification, elucidation | an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding | |
| attribute | illumination, illuminance | the luminous flux incident on a unit area | |
| artifact | illumination, miniature | painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) |
| Sounds | ihluw.mahney'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination. | |
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| Synonym | light | |
| Broader | condition, status | A state at a particular time |
| Spanish | iluminación, luz | |
| Catalan | il·luminació | |
| Meaning | The degree of visibility of your environment. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | dark, darkness | absence of light or illumination |
| light, lighting | Having abundant light or illumination | |
| Broader | state | The way something is with respect to its main attributes |
| Spanish | iluminación | |
| Catalan | il·luminació | |
| Verbs | illuminate | make lighter or brighter |
| Meaning | An interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding. | |
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| Synonyms | clarification, elucidation | |
| Narrower | disambiguation | clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity |
| Broader | interpretation | An explanation that results from interpreting something |
| Spanish | aclaración, clarificación, dilucidación, elucidación, esclarecimiento, explanación | |
| Catalan | aclariment, dilucidació, elucidació, esclariment, explanació | |
| Verbs | illuminate | make free from confusion / confusion or ambiguity |
| Meaning | The luminous flux incident on a unit area. | |
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| Synonym | illuminance | |
| Broader | luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, light | The quality of being luminous |
| Spanish | iluminación, iluminancia | |
| Catalan | il·luminación | |
| Verbs | illuminate | make lighter or brighter |
| Meaning | painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts). | |
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| Synonym | miniature | |
| Category | Middle Ages, Dark Ages | The period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance |
| Broader | painting, picture | graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface |
| Verbs | illuminate | add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts) |
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