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Meaning of 'lightness' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Lightness [ n.]
- The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace.
- Illumination, or degree of illumination; as, the lightness of a room.
- Absence of depth or of duskiness in color; as, the lightness of a tint; lightness of complexion.

Meaning of 'lightness' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . lightness [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures
Example in sentence:
  • he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark
Meaning (2):
- the property of being comparatively small in weight
Example in sentence:
  • the lightness of balsa wood

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