| NOUN | phenomenon | radiance, glow, glowing | the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface |
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| attribute | radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency | the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light | |
| state | radiance | an attractive combination of good health and happiness |
| Sounds | rey'diyahns; rey'dyahns | |
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| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | The amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface. | |
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| Synonyms | glow, glowing | |
| Narrower | aureole, corona | The outermost region of the sun's atmosphere |
| Broader | light, visible light, visible radiation | (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation |
| Spanish | resplandor | |
| Catalan | resplendor | |
| Meaning | The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light. | |
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| Synonyms | radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency | |
| Narrower | gleam, gleaming, glow, lambency | An appearance of reflected light |
| polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish | The property of being smooth and shiny | |
| shininess, sheen, luster, lustre | The visual property of something that shines with reflected light | |
| Broader | brightness | The location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white |
| Spanish | brillantez, brillo, esplendor, radiancia espectral, radiancia, refulgencia, resplandor | |
| Catalan | brillantor, esplendor, fulgència, fulgidesa, lluentor, lluïssor, llustre, resplendor | |
| Adjectives | radiant | radiating or as if radiating light |
| Verbs | radiate | cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays |
| radiate | send out rays or waves | |
| Meaning | An attractive combination of good health and happiness. | |
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| Example | "the radiance of her countenance" | |
| Broader | good health, healthiness | The state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease |
| happiness, felicity | state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy | |
| Spanish | brillo, esplendor | |
| Verbs | radiate | experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion |
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