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radiant +‎ -ance

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɹeɪdi.əns/
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radiance (countable and uncountable, plural radiances)

  1. The quality or state of being radiant; shining, bright or splendid.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC:
      Girt with omnipotence, with radiance crowned.
    • 1998, “Hard to Get”, performed by Rich Mullins:
      You who live in radiance
      hear the prayers of those of us who live in skin
  2. (physics) The flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source.

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