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BRILLIANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
Example:
advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products
Synonyms:
brilliance; grandeur; grandness; magnificence; splendor; splendour
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("brilliance" is a kind of...):
elegance (a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brilliance"):
eclat (brilliant or conspicuous success or effect)
Derivation:
brilliant (characterized by grandeur)
brilliant (of surpassing excellence)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
Example:
a glare of sunlight
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("brilliance" is a kind of...):
brightness (the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white)
Derivation:
brilliant (full of light; shining intensely)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Unusual mental ability
Synonyms:
brilliance; genius
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("brilliance" is a kind of...):
intelligence (the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brilliance"):
coruscation (a sudden or striking display of brilliance)
pyrotechnics ((music) brilliance of display (as in the performance of music))
scintillation (a brilliant display of wit)
Derivation:
brilliant (having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence)
