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# shininess

noun (shininess — uncountable)

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

## Everyday

1. The quality of being shiny: how bright, smooth and gleaming a surface looks when light falls on it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shininess/#m1)
2. (science) How much a material reflects light, used when we sort materials by their properties. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shininess/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on materials, pupils test shininess to sort metals from other materials (metals are usually shiny) and learn that smooth surfaces reflect more light. In art and computer drawing, shininess is how glossy something is. In everyday life, adverts boast about the shininess of hair, cars and shoes.

### Examples

- We sorted the materials by hardness and shininess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shininess/#x1)
- The shininess of the spoon showed it was made of metal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shininess/#x2)
- Polishing the shoes brought back their shininess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shininess/#x3)
- The advert promised shininess for your hair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shininess/#x4)
- Foil has more shininess than paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shininess/#x5)
- The game lets you change the shininess of the car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shininess/#x6)
- Over time the coin lost its shininess and turned dull. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shininess/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable; from «shiny» (y changes to i before «-ness»: shiny → shininess). Opposite ideas: dullness, matt. Spelling trap: one «n» after «shi», then «-iness».

## On Mova

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