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Definition of Radiance
1. Noun. The amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface.
Specialized synonyms: Aureole, Corona
Generic synonyms: Light, Visible Light, Visible Radiation
2. Noun. The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light.
Generic synonyms: Brightness
Specialized synonyms: Gleam, Gleaming, Glow, Lambency, Luster, Lustre, Sheen, Shininess, Burnish, Gloss, Glossiness, Polish
Derivative terms: Effulgent, Radiant, Radiate, Radiate, Radiant, Radiate, Refulgent, Refulgent, Shine, Shine, Shine, Shiny, Shiny
3. Noun. An attractive combination of good health and happiness. "The radiance of her countenance"
Definition of Radiance
1. n. The quality of being radiant; brilliancy; effulgence; vivid brightness; as, the radiance of the sun.
Definition of Radiance
1. Noun. the quality of being radiant, shining, bright or splendid ¹
2. Noun. (physics) the flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Radiance
1. brightness [n -S] - See also: brightness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Radiance
Literary usage of Radiance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"WHY blooms the radiance of the morning sky ? Why springs the beauties of the
season round! Why buds the blossom with the glossy die? ..."
2. The Seasons by James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch, John Aikin (1811)
"... and equal grace, The same, distinguished by their sex alone : Hers the mild
lustre of the blooming morn, And his the radiance of the risen day. ..."
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