"illumination" in the noun sense
1. light, illumination
a condition of spiritual awareness divine illumination
"follow God's light"
2. illumination
the degree of visibility of your environment
3. clarification, elucidation, illumination
an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding
"the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook"
4. illuminance, illumination
the luminous flux incident on a unit area
5. miniature, illumination
painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
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