RADIANCE
Dictionary entry overview: What does radiance mean?
• RADIANCE (noun)
The noun RADIANCE has 3 senses:
1. the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
2. the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
3. an attractive combination of good health and happiness
Familiarity information: RADIANCE used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• RADIANCE (noun)
Meaning:
The amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
glowing; radiance; glow
Hypernyms ("radiance" is a kind of...):
light; visible light; visible radiation ((physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "radiance"):
aureole; corona (the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse)
Meaning:
The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
effulgence; shine; refulgency; refulgence; radiancy; radiance
Hypernyms ("radiance" is a kind of...):
brightness (the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "radiance"):
gleam; gleaming; glow; lambency (an appearance of reflected light)
luster; lustre; sheen; shininess (the visual property of something that shines with reflected light)
burnish; gloss; glossiness; polish (the property of being smooth and shiny)
Meaning:
An attractive combination of good health and happiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Context example:
the radiance of her countenance
Hypernyms ("radiance" is a kind of...):
felicity; happiness (state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy)
good health; healthiness (the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease)
