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illumination

[ih-loo-muh-ney-shuhn] / ɪˌlu məˈneɪ ʃən /




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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

Additional lenses then organize the beams into a structured grid of square illumination areas at the receiving surface.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026

L.A. and its music scenes tend to be fervently, rigorously casual — daylight blinds the spotlight as the preferred illumination for concerts and parties.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 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

“How long does that illumination of yours last?”

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland




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