brilliance

[ bril-yuhns ]
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noun
  1. great brightness; luster: the brilliance of a fine diamond.

  2. excellence or distinction; conspicuous talent, mental ability, etc.

  1. splendor, elegance, or magnificence: the brilliance of the court of Louis XIV.

  2. Optics. that luminance of a body consisting of its saturation and brightness.

Origin of brilliance

1
First recorded in 1745–55; brilli(ant) + -ance

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  • o·ver·bril·liance, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for brilliance

brilliance

brilliancy

/ (ˈbrɪljəns) /


noun
  1. great brightness; radiance

  2. excellence or distinction in physical or mental ability; exceptional talent

  1. splendour; magnificence: the brilliance of the royal court

  2. physics a former term for luminance

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