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# brightness

noun (brightness — uncountable)

«brightness» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. How much light something gives off or reflects; a bright lamp has high brightness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brightness/#m1)
2. How strong and clear a colour is. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brightness/#m2)
3. A cheerful, lively quality in a person's face, voice or mood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brightness/#m3)
4. The setting on a screen that makes it lighter or darker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brightness/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science it is about light: the Sun's brightness, the brightness of stars, how a bulb's brightness changes in a circuit. In everyday life it is the screen setting on a phone or tablet. In stories it describes sunshine, colours or a happy face. Phrases: «turn down the brightness», «the brightness of the sun», «full brightness».

### Examples

- The brightness of the sun hurt my eyes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brightness/#x1)
- Turn the brightness down on your tablet before bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brightness/#x2)
- We tested how the brightness of the bulb changed with two batteries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brightness/#x3)
- Some stars have a greater brightness than others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brightness/#x4)
- The brightness of the paint made the classroom cheerful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brightness/#x5)
- Her smile had a brightness that made everyone feel welcome. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brightness/#x6)
- Never look straight at the sun, whatever its brightness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brightness/#x7)
- The candles were now lighted--what brightness! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brightness/#x8)

### Note

Uncountable: say «the brightness», not «a brightness» (except in stories: «a brightness in her eyes»). Made from «bright» + «-ness». A star's brightness in the sky does not tell you its real size; it may just be closer.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Tanakh brightness is often the shining light of God's glory, and the lack of it means gloom and judgment.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads God's brightness as a sign of His presence. The prophets' "day of the LORD" with no brightness is a day of darkness and warning.

### Examples

- Even very dark, and no brightness in it? (Prophets AMO.5.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brightness/#x1)
- At the brightness before Him coals of fire flamed forth. (Prophets 2SA.22.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brightness/#x2)
- If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; (Writings JOB.31.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brightness/#x3)

### Note

Uncountable: say «the brightness», not «a brightness» (except in stories: «a brightness in her eyes»). Made from «bright» + «-ness». A star's brightness in the sky does not tell you its real size; it may just be closer.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «brightness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brightness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «brightness» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/brightness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«brightness» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/brightness.html) on Mova free.