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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brightness \Bright"ness\, n. [AS. beorhines See {Bright}.] 1. The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness. A sudden brightness in his face appear. --Crabbe. 2. Acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit. The brightness of his parts . . . distinguished him --Prior. Syn: Splendor; luster; radiance; resplendence; brilliancy; effulgence; glory; clearness. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: brightness n 1: the location of a visual perception along the black-to-white continuum [ant: {dullness}] 2: intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty [syn: {cleverness}, {smartness}] 3: the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light; "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun" [syn: {luminosity}, {luminance}, {luminousness}, {light}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: brightness(Or "tone", "luminance", "value", "luminosity", "lightness") The coordinate in the {HSB} {colour model} that determines the total amount of light in the colour. Zero brightness is black and 100% is white, intermediate values are light" or dark" colours. The other coordinates are {hue} and {saturation}. (1999-07-05)
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