illumination
Example Sentences
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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
In 1995, Taschen published his first book, which made a stir with portraits of soft, indirect illumination, emphasizing naturalness.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 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
“All weekend,” I say, by way of illumination.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
Vocabulary lists containing illumination
Let There Be Light: Lum and Luc
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"The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury
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