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noun
the quality of being refulgent; refulgency
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgency
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: brightness
Narrower terms: gleam, gleaming, glow, lambency, shininess, sheen, luster, lustre, polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish
History
From Latin refulgentia. By surface analysis, re- + Latin fulg(ere) + -ence.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
