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illumination

[ih-loo-muh-ney-shuhn] / ɪˌlu məˈneɪ ʃən /




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Even Apollo astronauts didn't see the Orientale basin completely because of their orbit and illumination conditions.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Light programmable colloidal crystals may eventually enable reconfigurable optical coatings, adaptive sensors, and next generation display and data storage technologies, where patterns and functions are defined dynamically by illumination rather than fixed during manufacturing.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026

L.A. and its music scenes tend to be fervently, rigorously casual — daylight blinds the spotlight as the preferred illumination for concerts and parties.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

One must also—so to speak—feed the meter, plugging €2 pieces into the adjacent light boxes, to earn several minutes of artificial illumination for help with the celestial kind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Most of the illumination in the large room came from long fluorescent bulbs that ran along the high ceiling.

From "George" by Alex Gino




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