LIGHTNESS
\lˈa͡ɪtnəs], \lˈaɪtnəs], \l_ˈaɪ_t_n_ə_s]\
Definitions of LIGHTNESS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace.
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Illumination, or degree of illumination; as, the lightness of a room.
By Oddity Software
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The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace.
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Illumination, or degree of illumination; as, the lightness of a room.
By Noah Webster.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Want of weight; inconstancy; unsteadiness;— levity; wantonness; lewdness;— agility nimbleness.
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