radiance
noun/ˈɹeɪdi.əns/
Etymology From radiant + -ance.
1
The quality or state of being radiant; shining, bright or splendid.
- Girt with omnipotence, with radiance crowned.1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- You who live in radiance hear the prayers of those of us who live in skin1998, “Hard to Get”, performed by Rich Mullins:
2
Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics The flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source.
- Derived terms
- ocular radiance, subradiance, superradiance
- Related terms
- irradiance