Glow - English meaning

noun

The quality or state of giving out or reflecting light.

Usage examples:

We can change the brightness of the bulb

noun

The quality of shining with, or of producing, a lot of light

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The brightness of the snow made him blink., the moon's brightness fluctuates as it orbits the plane…

noun

The quality of having very strong colour

Usage examples:

I love the brightness of the colours in this room.

noun

Intense brightness of light.

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The nights were dark, lit only by the brilliance of aegean stars

noun

Great skill or intelligence

Usage examples:

Her first novel showed signs of brilliance.

noun

Great brightness of light or colour

Usage examples:

I had never seen diamonds shine with such brilliance before.

verb

Shine brightly, especially with reflected light.

Usage examples:

Light gleamed on the china cats

noun

A faint or brief light, especially one reflected from something.

Usage examples:

The gleam of a silver tray

verb

To shine with a soft light

Usage examples:

Street lights gleamed brightly in the snow., the gleam of silver candlesticks

verb

Shine faintly with a wavering light.

Usage examples:

The moonlight glimmered on the lawn

noun

A faint or wavering light.

Usage examples:

He saw a faint glimmer of light from her window

verb

(of light) to shine without strength or not continuously

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A candle glimmered faintly in the darkened room., a glimmer of light, the treaty offered a glimmer …

noun

The quality of being hot; high temperature.

Usage examples:

The fierce heat of the sun

verb

Make or become hot or warm.

Usage examples:

The room faces north and is difficult to heat

noun

The act of producing a bright light from a heated part

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Meteors and comets entering the earth's atmosphere compress the air and heat it to incandescence., …

noun

The flux of radiant energy per unit area (normal to the direction of flow of radiant energy through a medium).

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In the preillumination experiments the cells were exposed to lights of different irradiance, dose a…

noun

A gentle shining light

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He describes the copper bartop as humming with warm lambency., looking into the lambency of his hoo…

noun

The natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.

Usage examples:

The light of the sun

verb

Provide with light or lighting; illuminate.

Usage examples:

The room was lit by a number of small lamps

adjective

Having a considerable or sufficient amount of natural light; not dark.

Usage examples:

The bedrooms are light and airy

noun

The emission of light by a substance that has not been heated, as in fluorescence and phosphorescence.

Usage examples:

Honey fungus produces a ghostly greenish luminescence

noun

The giving out of light by a substance that has not been heated

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A variety of lighting elements are used, from led to chemical luminescence., the car headlights lit…

noun

Luminous quality.

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Acrylic colours retain freshness and luminosity

noun

The total amount of energy produced by a star in one second

noun

Light emitted by a substance without combustion or perceptible heat.

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The stones overhead gleamed with phosphorescence

noun

A kind of weak light that is created in the dark without noticeable heat

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In mines and natural caves we find a species of fungus that emits an intense phosphorescence., it w…

noun

Light or heat as emitted or reflected by something.

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The radiance of the sunset dwindled and died

noun

Warmth or heat or bright light

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We basked in the radiance of the afternoon sun., there was something about her eyes that went beyon…

noun

The state of existing in or containing plentiful quantities of something desirable.

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Tropical gardens with an enormous richness of flora and fauna

noun

The quality of having a lot of something that is valuable or interesting

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We were impressed by the great richness of detail in her painting., richness of flavour, it's a won…

verb

(of the sun or another source of light) give out a bright light.

Usage examples:

The sun shone through the window

noun

A quality of brightness produced when light is reflected on something.

Usage examples:

My hair has lost its shine

verb

Burn slowly with smoke but no flame.

Usage examples:

The bonfire still smouldered, the smoke drifting over the paddock

noun

Smoke coming from a smouldering fire.

Usage examples:

The last acrid smoulder of his cigarette

verb

To burn slowly with smoke but without flames

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A smouldering fire, smouldering embers, the fire was started by a smouldering cigarette., the dispu…

noun

The quality of being very clear, powerful and detailed in your mind

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Parts of the novel now seem a little old-fashioned, but it's still a work of tremendous power and v…

noun

The quality, state, or sensation of being warm; moderate heat.

Usage examples:

The warmth of the sun on her skin