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lightness |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lightness \Light"ness\, n. [From {Light} not heavy.] The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace. Syn: Levity; volatility; instability; inconstancy; unsteadiness; giddiness; flightiness; airiness; gayety; liveliness; agility; nimbleness; sprightliness; briskness; swiftness; ease; facility. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lightness \Light"ness\, n. [From {Light} bright.] 1. Illumination, or degree of illumination; as the lightness of a room --Chaucer. 2. Absence of depth or of duskiness in color; as the lightness of a tint; lightness of complexion. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lightness n 1: the property of being comparatively small in weight; "the lightness of balsa wood" [syn: {weightlessness}] [ant: {heaviness}] 2: having a light color [ant: {darkness}] 3: the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures; "he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark" [syn: {light}]
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