Illumination is an English word with synonyms like light or miniature. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Illumination meaning
- The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
- Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights.
- Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See illuminate (transitive verb).
Synonyms of Illumination
Using Illumination
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated. | Festive decoration of houses or buildings with lights. | Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See illuminate (transitive verb).
- Useful related words include: light, miniature, luminousness, luminance.
- In the example corpus, illumination often appears in combinations such as: illumination of, the illumination, and illumination.
Context around Illumination
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Illumination
- In this selection, "illumination" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, global, direct, lights, trail, algorithms and studios stand out and add context to how "illumination" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a global illumination algorithm in and albedo effects illumination although the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "illumination" sits close to words such as alas, baseless and brilliance, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with illumination
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Before electric light, illumination was fickle. (6 words)
The other illumination conditions are scaled to show their relation to direct illumination. (13 words)
But the variance request was denied because of the change in the illumination ordinance. (14 words)
Sources providing wavelengths as long as 1050 nm can be seen as a dull red glow in intense sources, causing some difficulty in near-IR illumination of scenes in the dark (usually this practical problem is solved by indirect illumination). (40 words)
Further developments in sample illumination came from the discovery of phase contrast by Frits Zernike in 1953, and differential interference contrast illumination by Georges Nomarski in 1955; both of which allow imaging of unstained, transparent samples. (36 words)
Examples of terrestrial albedo effects Illumination Although the albedo–temperature effect is best known in colder, whiter regions on Earth, the maximum albedo is actually found in the tropics where year-round illumination is greater. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
However, Illumination's Chris Meledandri was also on-hand to confirm that directors Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic will return, and the movie will once again be animated by Illumination Studios Paris.
Organisers of the Bay of Lights Illumination Trail have been working hard behind the scenes to make this year’s Illumination Trail better than ever.
Illumination presents four new mini-movie escapades along with special guest appearances from some of Illumination’s beloved characters from their “The Secret Life of Pets” and “Sing” franchises.
Color rendering index The CIE color rendering index (CRI) is a method to determine how well a light source's illumination of eight sample patches compares to the illumination provided by a reference source.
Examples of terrestrial albedo effects Illumination Although the albedo–temperature effect is best known in colder, whiter regions on Earth, the maximum albedo is actually found in the tropics where year-round illumination is greater.
Fine-quality alexandrite has a green to bluish-green color in daylight (relatively blue illumination of high color temperature ), changing to a red to purplish-red color in incandescent light (relatively yellow illumination).
Further developments in sample illumination came from the discovery of phase contrast by Frits Zernike in 1953, and differential interference contrast illumination by Georges Nomarski in 1955; both of which allow imaging of unstained, transparent samples.
Images rendered using global illumination algorithms often appear more photorealistic than images rendered using only direct illumination algorithms.
Most fluorescence microscopes are operated in the Epi-illumination mode (illumination and detection from one side of the sample) to further decrease the amount of excitation light entering the detector.
Radiosity is a global illumination algorithm in the sense that the illumination arriving on a surface comes not just directly from the light sources, but also from other surfaces reflecting light.
Sources providing wavelengths as long as 1050 nm can be seen as a dull red glow in intense sources, causing some difficulty in near-IR illumination of scenes in the dark (usually this practical problem is solved by indirect illumination).
The other illumination conditions are scaled to show their relation to direct illumination.
The researchers first measured the productivity in the plant, then modified the illumination in an area of the plant and checked if the changes in illumination affected productivity.
Ambient lighting provides overall illumination, while task lighting focuses on specific areas, like the countertop or stove.
As a film lover who came of age in the 1990s and early 2000s, I relied on a wide range of critics for insight and illumination.
Before electric light, illumination was fickle.
But the variance request was denied because of the change in the illumination ordinance.
Depending on your preference for mornings or evenings, the golden hour is the time to bask in the sun’s more gentle illumination.
Following the massive success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie this year, it has stood to reason that Nintendo and Illumination will look to collaborate with one another more in the future.
If Illumination chooses to do the latter, a TV series would give it the breathing room it needs.
Common combinations with illumination
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- illumination of 23×
- the illumination 23×
- and illumination 17×
- illumination and 16×
- of illumination 12×
- illumination is 8×
- illumination in 8×
- global illumination 7×
- for illumination 6×
- illumination from 6×