illumination
Example Sentences
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Despite the wet forecast, their expectations for illumination were high.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
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
By simply changing the level of illumination, they could prompt particles to assemble into crystals or break apart again.
From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026
I have heard the expression “trick of the light” applied to sights within Le Cirque des Rêves so frequently that I sometimes suspect the entirety of the circus is itself a complex illusion of illumination.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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Vocabulary lists containing illumination
Let There Be Light: Lum and Luc
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"The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury
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