illumination
Example Sentences
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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
The framework provides an accurate description of how these materials absorb light and how their electronic structure behaves under illumination.
From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 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
When the sun vanishes early and the chill of darkness comes on deep and fast, there has always been an instinct to gather around a source of warmth and illumination for tales of fearsome happenings.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
But at twilight or during the night, other things are visible: oil-well fires in Libya and the Persian Gulf; deepwater illumination by the Japanese squid fishing fleet; the bright lights of large cities.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing illumination
Let There Be Light: Lum and Luc
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"The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury
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