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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Radiance \Ra"di*ance\, Radiancy \Ra"di*an*cy\, n.
The quality of being radiant; brilliancy; effulgence; vivid
brightness; as the radiance of the sun.
Girt with omnipotence, with radiance crowned. --Milton.
What radiancy of glory, What light beyond compare !
--Neale.
Syn: Luster; brilliancy; splendor; glare; glitter.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
radiance
n 1: the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving
at a point on a surface [syn: {glow}, {glowing}]
2: the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
[syn: {radiancy}, {shine}, {effulgence}, {refulgence}, {refulgency}]
3: an attractive combination of good health and happiness; "the
radiance of her countenance"
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