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How to pronounce brightness in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms brightness level, light, luminance, luminosity, luminousness
Type of physical property
Has types incandescence, luminescence, glow, illumination, illuminance
Derivation bright
Type Words
Synonyms cleverness, smartness
Type of intelligence
Derivation bright
Type Words
Type of lightness, light
Has types dazzle, effulgence, flash, glare, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, blaze, brilliance, brilliancy, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, scintillation, shine, sparkle, splendor, splendour, iridescence, luster, lustre, opalescence, radiance
Derivation bright

Examples of brightness

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Both papers describe how Kepler tracks tiny, regular changes in star brightness.
From the sciencedaily.com
The density remains low, however, so the emission, or brightness, remains faint.
From the sciencedaily.com
The opening threw brightness down inside and the wind blurred past Becca's face.
From the guardian.co.uk
From its brightness, scientists estimate its diameter to be between 50m and 80m.
From the nzherald.co.nz
He installed various forms of lighting to add more brightness to the petite pad.
From the forbes.com
It offers brightness and light, not direness, and Chile becomes a freer country.
From the npr.org
We continue to work hard to enrich our portfolio of high brightness LED drivers.
From the hemscott.com
I've modified the brightness of this photo in order to make the screens legible.
From the forbes.com
The task of the participants was to detect changes in the brightness of stimuli.
From the sciencedaily.com
More examples
  • The location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
  • Intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
  • Luminosity: the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light; "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun"
  • (brightly) brilliantly: with brightness; "the stars shone brilliantly"; "the windows glowed jewel bright"
  • Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to be radiating or reflecting light. In other words, brightness is the perception elicited by the luminance of a visual target. This is a subjective attribute/property of an object being observed.
  • The Brightness is the third album by American folksinger Anais Mitchell, released February 13, 2007 on Righteous Babe Records. It was recorded at The Bristmill in Bristol, Vermont and produced by Michael Chorney.
  • (Brighter (Paramore Song)) All We Know Is Falling is the debut album by American alternative rock band Paramore. The album reached #8 on the UK Rock Chart. In the USA, it reached #30 on the Billboard's Heatseekers Chart but failed to chart on the Billboard 200.
  • (brightly) In a bright manner
  • For video, the overall light level of the entire image. A brightness control makes an image brighter; however, when it is combined with a contrast, or white level control, the brightness control is best used to define the black level of the image (see Black Level). ...