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brightness

[ brahyt-nis ]

noun

  1. the quality of being bright.
  2. Optics. the luminance of a body, apart from its hue or saturation, that an observer uses to determine the comparative luminance of another body. Pure white has the maximum brightness, and pure black the minimum brightness.


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noun

  1. the condition of being bright
  2. physics a former name for luminosity
  3. psychol the experienced intensity of light
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of brightness1

before 950; Middle English brihtnes, Old English beorhtnes. See bright, -ness
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