lumination

Examples of lumination in a sentence

• I choose to call them luminations, because, though they were but thin, doubtless they spread horizontally over a large tract of the earth's surface.1815, Edward Polehampton, “Aurora Borealis and Australis”, in The Gallery of Nature and Art; or, A Tour through Creation and Science. …...
• The only light was the scant lumination that flickered upon the floor cast by a torch far down the hall.2001, Robert R. Hotchkiss, “In the Palace Dungeon”, in Earth of Fire, Sky of Ice: An Epic Fantasy Adventure (The Shaldrodan Saga; book 1)...
• The real universe, the one that beats in our hearts, that casts its luminations across our dreams …2008, Richard Grossinger, “Third Cycle”, in The Bardo of Waking Life, Berkeley, Calif.: North Atlantic Books, →ISBN, page 264:
• In the future, these lumination times are expected to increase incrementally.2008, Jimmy Schaeffler, “What’s Driving Digital Signage?”, in Digital Signage: Software, Networks, Advertising, and Displays: A Primer for...

Synonyms of lumination

• brightening
• lighting
• illumination

Antonyms

• darkening
• shadowing

Forms of lumination

Origin of lumination

From luminate + -ion, or a Latin *lūminātiōnem (“illumination”), from lūminō (“to brighten, to illuminate; to reveal (throw light on)”), from lūmen (“light”) (probably from lūx (“light”) + -men (suffix forming neuter nouns of the third declension)), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-s-men (“light”) (from Proto-Italic *louks, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; light; white”) + *-mn̥ (suffix indicating a noun))) + Latin -tiōnem (“-tion”, suffix forming a noun relating to some action or the result of an action) (from Proto-Italic *-tiō, from Proto-Indo-European *-tis (suffix forming nouns from verbs)).

Words formed from lumination

• translumination

Related words

• illuminate
• illuminatingly
• illumine
• luminate
• lumine

Questions about lumination

What does lumination mean?

Lumination means illumination; specifically, artificial illumination.

How do you use lumination in a sentence?

I choose to call them luminations, because, though they were but thin, doubtless they spread horizontally over a large tract of the earth's surface.

What part of speech is lumination?

Lumination is a noun.

How do you pronounce lumination?

Lumination is pronounced /l(j)uːmɪˈneɪʃən/ (UK).

What is the plural of lumination?

The plural of lumination is luminations.