radiance
/ˈɹeɪdi.əns/
radiance noun: the quality or state of being radiant; shining, bright or splendid.
Noun
radiance (countable and uncountable, plural radiances)
- The quality or state of being radiant; shining, bright or splendid.
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- The flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source.
radiance meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
radiance in Tamil
- radiance, splendor, brightness
- பிரகாசம் pirakācam
radiance in Marathi
- radiance, diffusion, manifestation
- प्रकाश prakāś
radiance in Urdu
- radiance
- چمک camak
radiance in Bengali
- radiance, splendor, luminosity
- প্রকাশ prokaś
More languagesFewer languages
- radiance in Telugu
- శోభ śōbha
- radiance in Malayalam
- ദീപ്തി, തിളക്കം, പ്രഭ, പ്രകാശം
- radiance in Kannada
- ಪ್ರಕಾಶ, ಕಾಂತಿ, ಪ್ರಭೆ, ತೇಜಸ್ಸು
- radiance in Sanskrit
- भर्ग bhárga, भर्गस् bhárgas
- radiance in Assamese
- পোহৰ pühor
Examples of radiance in a sentence
- The sky returned to darkness, a scattering of white stars emitting their own plasmatic radiance once more.
- There is a practical depth limit from which the radiance is reflected.
- Then as the darkness descended, they began to shine with the mellow radiance of gaslight.
Forms of radiance
| plural | radiances |
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Origin of radiance
From radiant + -ance.
Words formed from radiance
Phrases with radiance
Questions about radiance
- What does radiance mean?
- Radiance means the quality or state of being radiant; shining, bright or splendid.
- What is radiance in Tamil?
- Radiance in Tamil is பிரகாசம் (pirakācam). See Radiance meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is radiance?
- Radiance is a noun.
- How do you pronounce radiance?
- Radiance is pronounced /ˈɹeɪdi.əns/.
- What is the plural of radiance?
- The plural of radiance is radiances.
Words near radiance in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: radiance (page history and authors); பிரகாசம் (Tamil) (page history and authors); प्रकाश (Marathi) (page history and authors); چمک (Urdu) (page history and authors); প্রকাশ (Bengali) (page history and authors); శోభ (Telugu) (page history and authors); radiance (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); radiance (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); भर्ग (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); পোহৰ (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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