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Meaning of 'brightness' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Brightness [ n.]
- The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness.
- Acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit.

Meaning of 'brightness' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . brightness [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
Example in sentence:
  • its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun

Nearby Words:

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  • Brightness constancy
    Brightness constancy is the experience of perceiving an object as maintaining the same level of brightness even though the objective illumination seen by the eye may change.

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