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   ra·di·ance

   /ˈrādēəns/

   noun

   • 1. light or heat as emitted or reflected by something: "the radiance of the sunset dwindled and died" Similar lightshiningbrightnessbrillianceluminosityradiationbeamsraysilluminationblazeglowluminousnessgleamlusterglittersparkleflashdazzleshimmerglareluminescenceincandescencefluorescencephosphorescencerare:irradiancelucencylambencyeffulgencerefulgencecoruscationOpposite darkness
   • ▪ great happiness, apparent in someone's expression or bearing: "the radiance of the bride's smile" Similar joyjoyfulnesselationjubilanceecstasyraptureeuphoriadeliriumhappinessdelightpleasureOpposite gloommisery
   • ▪ a glowing quality of the skin, especially as indicative of good health or youth: "restore your skin's natural radiance" Similar splendorresplendencemagnificencebrilliancedazzlebeautyvividnessglorygloriousness
   • 2. the flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source.

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   The meaning of RADIANCE is the quality or state of being radiant. How to use radiance in a sentence.

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   RADIANCE definition: 1. happiness, beauty, or good health that you can see in someone's face: 2. light or heat that…. Learn more.

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   a measure of the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface. It is the radiant intensity in a given direction of a small element of surface area divided by the orthogonal projection of this area onto a plane at right angles to the direction Le.

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   Radiance is a type of glowing: either from a light source like the sun or a healthy, beaming person. The sun radiates lights, and bright objects that give off light rays have a quality called radiance .

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   a measure of the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface. It is the radiant intensity in a given direction of a small element of surface area divided by the orthogonal projection of this area onto a plane at right angles to the direction. Symbol: Le. Collins English Dictionary.

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   RADIANCE meaning: 1. happiness, beauty, or good health that you can see in someone's face: 2. light or heat that…. Learn more.

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   A radiant condition or quality; brightness, light, esp. brilliant or splendid light emitted by an object. In quot. a 1593, in sense 'burning quality' perhaps with admixture of sense I.2. a1593. Thine eyes whose radiance burnes out mine. C. Marlowe, translation of Ovid, Elegies ( c1603) iii. x. sig. F. 1598.