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brightness
[brahyt-nis]
noun
the quality of being bright.
Optics.the luminance of a body, apart from its hue or saturation, that an observer uses to determine the comparative luminance of another body. Pure white has the maximum brightness, and pure black the minimum brightness.
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/ ˈɪٲɪ /
noun
the condition of being bright
physics a former name for luminosity
psychol the experienced intensity of light
Word History and Origins
Origin of brightness1
Example Sentences
The classic version leans on butter for richness and lemon juice for brightness.
Taste and tweak: Add a splash more lemon if it needs brightness, or a pinch more sugar if your tomatoes are tart.
Lemon zest for brightness, a buttery shortbread crust to hold it all together without overpowering the green.
As temperatures rise, there's one particular sauce that embodies the brightness, promise and ease of spring-into-summer: pesto.
The short wavelength blue light of LEDs bounces around more in the sky, intensifying the brightness of light pollution more than an equivalent amount of less blue light energy.
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