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Definition of Illumination

1. Noun. A condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination. "Follow God's light"

2. Noun. The degree of visibility of your environment.

3. Noun. An interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding. "The professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook"

4. Noun. The luminous flux incident on a unit area.

5. Noun. Painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts).

Definition of Illumination

1. n. The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.

Definition of Illumination

1. Noun. The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated. ¹

2. Noun. Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights. ¹

3. Noun. Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See illuminate (transitive verb). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Illumination

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Medical Definition of Illumination

1. 1. The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated. 2. Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights. 3. Adornment of books and manuscripts with coloured illustrations. See Illuminate. 4. That which is illuminated, as a house; also, an ornamented book or manuscript. 5. That which illuminates or gives light; brightness; splendor; especially, intellectual light or knowledge. "The illumination which a bright genius giveth to his work." (Felton) 6. The special communication of knowledge to the mind by God; inspiration. "Hymns and psalms . . . Are framed by meditation beforehand, or by prophetical illumination are inspired." (Hooker) Origin: L. Illuminatio: cf. F. Illumination. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Illumination

illumes illuminable illuminance illuminances illuminant illuminants illuminary illuminate illuminated illuminates

illuminatest illuminateth illuminati illuminating illuminatingly illumination (current term) illumination unit illuminations illuminative illuminatively

illuminator illuminators illuminatory illumine illumined illuminer illumines illuming illumining illuminism

Literary usage of Illumination

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions by European Orthodontic Society, Lina Oswald, Northern Ohio Dental Society, Ossory Archaeological Society, Wentworth Historical Society, Society of Automobile Engineers (1910)
"By AIEE illumination FOR INDUSTRIAL PLANTS BY GH STICKNEY The problems of industrial illumination include the lighting of offices, yards, elevators, ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"illumination is to be regarded as a synonym of vocation, without having any special locus in ... That is as true of the calling as of the illumination. ..."

3. Industrial Arts Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"Elec Ар 19 '13 422 О 18 '13 Eye as a judge of uniform illumination. ... II Metal Ind ns 11:383-5 S '13 Graphic solution for illumination problems ..."

4. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1908)
"All kinds of artificial illumination were made equal in intensity to that of ... An even illumination over the entire colored surface was obtained by ..."

5. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"In other cases the effect of unilateral illumination is the reverse of the above : the organ curves so as to direct its apex away from the source of light, ..."

6. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1911)
"illumination LIGHTING light obtained might be used as a measure of the ... Illustrates and describes the electrical equipment and illumination of this fine ..."

7. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1902)
"General illumination may conveniently be considered from two points of view: First—The actual ... Second—The value of this illumination to the observer. ..."

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