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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted;
- Example: "a glare of sunlight"
[syn: glare, blaze, brilliance]

2. the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand;
- Example: "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"
- Example: "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects";
- Example: "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"
- Example: "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"
- Example: "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products"
[syn: magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness]

3. unusual mental ability;
[syn: brilliance, genius]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

brilliance
    n 1: a light within the field of vision that is brighter than
         the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of
         sunlight" [syn: glare, blaze, brilliance]
    2: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for
       magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's
       hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects";
       "it is the university that gives the scene its stately
       splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and
       colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and
       elegance it brings to their products" [syn: magnificence,
       brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur,
       grandness]
    3: unusual mental ability [syn: brilliance, genius]