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Antonyms for brightness
ˈbraɪt nɪsbright·ness
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brightnessnoun
the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
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dullnessSynonyms:
brightness level, smartness, light, luminosity, luminousness, cleverness, luminancebrightness, cleverness, smartnessnoun
intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
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dullnessSynonyms:
swank, smart, ingenuity, chichi, alacrity, brightness level, chic, last word, briskness, inventiveness, luminosity, cleverness, stylishness, smarting, luminousness, luminance, light, chicness, smartness, modishness, ingeniousnessluminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, lightnoun
the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
"its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun"
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dullnessSynonyms:
illumination, twinkle, igniter, lighting, lightness, sparkle, light source, brightness level, spark, luminosity, lighter, cleverness, luminousness, luminance, light, ignitor, smartness, visible radiation, visible light
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
brightnessnoun
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brilliancy, splendor, luster, luminosity, resplendence, radiance, refulgence, effulgence, glow, aptness, precocity, acuteness, sharpness, discernment, vivacity, animation, liveliness
How to use brightness in a sentence?
When we put everything together, we saw drops in brightness that were not caused by Quaoar, but that pointed to the presence of material in a circular orbit around it. The moment we saw that we said, ‘Okay, we are seeing a ring around Quaoar,’.
Ceres’ bright spot can now be seen to have a companion of lesser brightness, but apparently in the same basin, this maybe pointing to a volcano-like origin of the spots, but we will have to wait for better resolution before we can make such geologic interpretations.
Normally, you wouldn’t be able to detect the light of an individual star in that pixel, but because these pulsating stars are so bright and the pulsation is so strong, we could see that about a quarter of the pixels of the image changed their brightness. They changed it because the pixels contain these pulsating stars.
Even though brown dwarfs are completely covered in clouds, they're too far away for us to pick out individual clouds like we do on planets within our solar system. But we can still measure how long it takes for a group of clouds to do a lap around the atmosphere ; as clouds come in and out of view they change the brightness of the planet, this lap time depends on two things : how fast the brown dwarf itself is spinning, and how fast the wind is blowing on top of that.
Lady Flora Hastings, “Swan Song”:
Grieve not that I die young. Is it not well To pass away ere life hath lost its brightness?
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