illumination
Example Sentences
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The telescope would allow wide area observations of the lunar surface during strong solar flares, when the Sun provides more intense X-ray illumination.
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026
Despite the wet forecast, their expectations for illumination were high.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Even Apollo astronauts didn't see the Orientale basin completely because of their orbit and illumination conditions.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Light programmable colloidal crystals may eventually enable reconfigurable optical coatings, adaptive sensors, and next generation display and data storage technologies, where patterns and functions are defined dynamically by illumination rather than fixed during manufacturing.
From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026
John Wilkes Booth saw all of this—the grand illumination, the crowds delirious with joy, the insults to the fallen Confederacy and her leaders.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
Vocabulary lists containing illumination
Let There Be Light: Lum and Luc
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"The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury
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