Definitions for illumination

Overview of noun illumination

The noun illumination has 5 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (2) light, illumination

(a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination; "follow God's light")

2. (1) illumination

(the degree of visibility of your environment)

3. clarification, elucidation, illumination

(an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook")

4. illuminance, illumination

(the luminous flux incident on a unit area)

5. miniature, illumination

(painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts))