noun
1. a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination (Freq. 2)
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follow God's light
• Syn: ↑light
2. the degree of visibility of your environment (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑illuminate
• Hypernyms: ↑state
3. an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding
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the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook
• Syn: ↑clarification, ↑elucidation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑illuminate, ↑elucidate (for: ↑elucidation), ↑clarify (for: ↑clarification)
• Hypernyms: ↑interpretation
• Hyponyms: ↑disambiguation
4. the luminous flux incident on a unit area
• Syn: ↑illuminance
• Derivationally related forms: ↑illuminate
• Hypernyms: ↑luminosity, ↑brightness, ↑brightness level, ↑luminance, ↑luminousness, ↑light
5. painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
• Syn: ↑miniature
• Derivationally related forms: ↑illuminate, ↑miniaturist (for: ↑miniature)
• Topics: ↑Middle Ages, ↑Dark Ages
Useful english dictionary. 2012.