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Radiance

noun

The amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface. Synonyms: glow, glowing.

The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light. Synonyms: effulgence, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine.

An attractive combination of good health and happiness.

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"Radiance" Quotes from Famous Books

... What a contrast they present to the planetary men, who are slow to attract our attention, but who abide, and do not grow dim! Poets like Emerson, Whitman, and Wordsworth were slow to gain recognition, but the radiance of their names grows. I call such a poet as Swinburne meteoric, a poet of a certain kind of brilliant power, but who reads him now? Stephen Phillips with his "Marpessa" had a brief vogue, and then disappeared ...

— The Last Harvest • John Burroughs

... of faith Those realms of radiance, tier on tier, Where our beloved 'dead' appear, More beautiful because of 'death.' It speaks to grief: 'Be comforted; There is no ...

— New Thought Pastels • Ella Wheeler Wilcox

... in the southeast there were sounds like faint explosions which grew rapidly louder. Instinctively he drew her nearer, and saw her face grow white even in the faint radiance ...

— The Earth Trembled • E.P. Roe

... he wore a suit of black broadcloth, a white neckcloth, and a yellow beaver hat. His weird snort and his striking presence seem to have been his sole equipment for swaying the faith of the people; though some of the earliest believers saw a heavenly radiance streaming from his countenance at times, and when he rode, they beheld above his head a ring of light which hung in the air over the saddle if he dismounted. But he soon began to make converts, and he had quickly ...

— Stories Of Ohio - 1897 • William Dean Howells

... had not been pressed down full to the brim of pleasures, and she had a sort of distrust of joy in the bud. Not until she saw it in full radiance of bloom did she dare embrace it. She had never read any verse but Byron, Felicia Hemans, bits of "Paradise Lost," and the selections in the school readers, but she would have agreed heartily with the ...

— New Chronicles of Rebecca • Kate Douglas Wiggin

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