Dictionary definition · illumination
noun
- a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination"follow God's light"
- the degree of visibility of your environment
- an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding"the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook"
- the luminous flux incident on a unit area
- painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).