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radiance

 
Noun radiance has 3 senses
  1. radiance, glow, glowing - the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
    --1 is a kind of light, visible light, visible radiation
    --1 has particulars: aureole, corona
  2. radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency - the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
    --2 is a kind of brightness
    --2 has particulars:
     gleam, gleaming, glow, lambency; shininess, sheen, luster, lustre; polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish
    Derived forms: verb radiate1, verb radiate5
  3. radiance - an attractive combination of good health and happiness; "the radiance of her countenance"
    --3 is a kind of
    happiness, felicity; good health, healthiness
    Derived form: verb radiate6
radial symmetry radial tire radial vein radial velocity radialize radially radially symmetrical radian radiance radiance radiancy radiant radiant radiant energy radiant flux radiant heating radiantance

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