3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lightness \Light"ness\, n. [From {Light} not heavy.]
The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not
heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy;
grace.
Syn: Levity; volatility; instability; inconstancy;
unsteadiness; giddiness; flightiness; airiness; gayety;
liveliness; agility; nimbleness; sprightliness;
briskness; swiftness; ease; facility.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lightness \Light"ness\, n. [From {Light} bright.]
1. Illumination, or degree of illumination; as the lightness
of a room --Chaucer.
2. Absence of depth or of duskiness in color; as the
lightness of a tint; lightness of complexion.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
lightness
n 1: the property of being comparatively small in weight; "the
lightness of balsa wood" [syn: {weightlessness}] [ant: {heaviness}]
2: having a light color [ant: {darkness}]
3: the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as
created in pictures; "he could paint the lightest light
and the darkest dark" [syn: {light}]
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