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luminosity

noun as in radiance

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The most striking feature of the renovated cathedral is the luminosity of the stonework.

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The M dwarfs are low-mass stars that have a mere fraction of the Sun's mass and luminosity.

The annual Perseid meteor shower requires us to leave behind our light-polluted cities for darker night skies that allow us to see the full luminosity of the celestial attraction.

The discovery was made possible by the European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft, which is mapping more than a billion stars throughout the Milky Way and beyond, tracking their motion, luminosity, temperature, and composition.

The lower luminosities of red dwarf stars also means their habitable zones -- the range of orbital distances where liquid water could exist on a planet's surface -- lie closer to them.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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