brightness

  • 31brightness constancy — noun the tendency for a visual object to be perceived as having the same brightness under widely different conditions of illumination • Hypernyms: ↑constancy, ↑perceptual constancy …

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  • 32brightness — noun Date: before 12th century 1. a. the quality or state of being bright; also an instance of such a quality or state b. luminance 2. the attribute of light source colors by which emitted light is ordered continuously from light to dark in… …

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  • 33brightness — noun a) the quality of being bright b) the perception elicited by the luminance of an object …

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  • 34brightness — bright·ness brīt nəs n the one of the three psychological dimensions of color perception by which visual stimuli are ordered continuously from light to dark and which is correlated with light intensity compare HUE, SATURATION (4a) …

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  • 35brightness — Synonyms and related words: Munsell chroma, Technicolor, acuity, acuteness, adroitness, agility, alertness, aptitude, aptness, attention, attentiveness, auspiciousness, beneficence, benevolence, benignancy, benignity, blare, blaze, blazing light …

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  • 36brightness — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. shine, luster, illumination; see light 1 …

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  • 37brightness — bright·ness || braɪtnɪs n. luminosity; radiance; cheerfulness; intelligence, cleverness; clarity …

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  • 38brightness — n. 1. Lustre, splendor, brilliancy, radiance, resplendence, effulgence, light, sheen, luminousness, luminosity, shine, glow, blaze, gloss, burnish, gleam, gleaming, beam, beaming, flash, flashing, flame, flaming, sparkle, sparkling. 2. Clearness …

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  • 39brightness — bright·ness …

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  • 40brightness — See: bright …

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