radiancen.

Brit.

/ˈreɪdɪəns/, U.S.

/ˈreɪdiəns/

Forms: 1500s– radiance, 1600s– radience (now nonstandard).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: radiant adj., -ance suffix.

Etymology: < radiant adj.: see -ance suffix. Compare radiancy n.With forms in -ence compare -ence suffix.

I. General senses.

a. A radiant condition or quality; brightness, light, esp. brilliant or splendid light emitted by an object.In quot. a1593, in sense 'burning quality' perhaps with admixture of sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > [noun] > ray or beam > emission of

beaming1398

radiationa1500

radiancea1593

radiancy1595

irradiation1599

eradiation1633

irradiancy1646

actinobolism1654

radiature1663

effulgence1667

irradiance1667

circumradiancy1673

diradiation1706

beaminess1741

raying1787

rayonnance1848

radiate1889

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > radiance or brilliance

gleamOE

gleec1440

blaze1578

radiancea1593

radiancy1595

lustre1602

prefulgency1660

brilliance1755

rayonnement1910

a1593 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies (c1603) iii. x. sig. F Thine eyes whose radiance burnes out mine.

1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades xviii. 192 Their guides a repercussive dread Took from the horrid radiance of his refulgent head.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear i. 102 By the sacred radience of the Sunne.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. i. 87 In his bright radience and colaterall light, Must I be comforted.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 194 The Son..with Radiance crown'd Of Majestie Divine.

1728 J. Thomson Spring 13 The rapid Radiance instantaneous strikes Th' illumin'd Mountain.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc vi Innocuous lightnings round the hallowed banner Wreath'd their red radiance.

1812 J. Wilson Isle of Palms i. 214 Well may the moon delight to shed Her softest radiance round that head.

1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist i. 11 When the sun arose the morning star was lost in his radiance.

1908 J. London Martin Eden xlv. 388 His mind was blank, save for the intervals when unsummoned memory pictures took form and color and radiance just under his eyelids.

1986 P. L. Fermor Between Woods & Water i. 25 When the path along the Danube turned east, the radiance of the morning poured along the valley.

2001 A. Gurnah By the Sea (2002) v. 141 He stood in the watery radiance of that afternoon light.

b. figurative and in figurative contexts.

ΚΠ

1600 T. Dekker Old Fortunatus sig. A4 Those infected limmes of the sicke world, Are fixt by thee for starres in that bright Sphere, Where in our Sunne like Radiance did appeare.

1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 101 But Seeing..Holds most of Fire, which is in nature neere To the Celestiall Natures radience.

1615 P. Gordon Famous Hist. i. sig. G Heir monted doth that valiant Prince advance..In whome shal schine pure virtues radiance.

1709 R. Gould Wks. I. 84 Thus if my Verses shine, 'Tis with the Radiance that is shed from thine.

1761 Warton Poems (1777) 10 The radiance of the regal name.

1819 ‘B. Cornwall’ Dramatic Scenes & Other Poems 149 The soul's radiance in our wint'ry hour Flings a sweet summer halo round us.

1896 ‘Iota’ Quaker Grandmother 13 It was a soft, luminous radiance of sincerity and sympathy.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. vii. [Aeolus] 128 The Greek! he said again... Kyrie! The radiance of the intellect. I ought to profess Greek, the language of the mind.

1978 I. Kesarcodi-Watson & I. Kesarcodi-Watson tr. V. Lossky Orthodox Theol. i. 41 Apophaticism gives it the metalogical depth of an unknowable transcendence; the Bible envelopes it in the glorious radiance of the divine names.

2004 Richmond (Va.) Times Dispatch (Nexis) 27 Jan. e5 Britney Anderson's basketball career once twinkled with enough radiance to light up the skies above the Meadowbrook and Blacksburg high school gyms.

2. Brightness of the eye or look; a quality in a person's expression or bearing indicative of joy, love, hope, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [noun] > brightness expressive of joy

radiance1608

1608 G. Chapman Conspiracie Duke of Byron iii. sig. E4^v Others..with much strictnesse imitate, The some-thing stooping carriage of my neck, The voluble, and milde radiance of mine eyes.

1657 J. Harington Hist. Polindor & Flostella (ed. 3) 181 What lovely'st Radiance in the Eye, Souls splendid Orb!

1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence ii. lxxii Sweet love their looks a gentle radiance lends.

1772 W. Jones Poems 10 The mild radiance of her sparkling eye.

1819 P. B. Shelley Rosalind & Helen 59 His countenance..burned with radiance Of spirit-piercing joy.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xvi. 186 There was a radiance of satisfaction about him not quite usual.

1908 E. M. Forster Room with View xv. 236 She greeted Cecil with unusual radiance, because she felt so safe.

1948 ‘N. Shute’ No Highway x Shirley standing close behind the girl saw the radiance on his frog-like features, and understood why Marjorie had bothered to come back.

1989 S. Bedford Jigsaw iv. 176 She could dress quite badly... It did not matter. She had radiance, she had presence.

2005 Men's Health (U.K. ed.) June 48/3 Rub a little of this tinted cream on your death-mask and get instant sun-kissed radiance.

II. Scientific uses.

†3. Radiation that is perceived as heat or light, electromagnetic radiation; the emission of such radiation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > radiation of heat

ray1599

irradiation1794

radiance1800

radiation1802

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > heat > [noun] > emission or diffusion

irradiation1794

radiance1800

radiation1802

actinism1847

scattering1866

emissivity1880

1800 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 90 294 The..agency of heat in other circumstances than in its state of radiance, or heat-making rays.

1869 Nature 1 105/2 The author [sc. J. J. Murphy] here suggests the introduction of a useful word, radiance, to express the light, radiant heat, and actinism of the sun, which are evidently modifications of the same form of energy.

1885 J. C. Maxwell in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 2 Thus we have..(3) Theory of radiance. (a) Geometrical optics [etc.].

4. Physics. The flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by unit area of a source.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > heat > [noun] > emission or diffusion > energy produced by > as flow

flux1863

radiant power1863

radiant flux1896

radiance1917

1917 H. E. Ives in Astrophysical Jrnl. 45 43 If now we divide this radiant intensity in any direction by the projected area of the opening in that direction.., we obtain the specific radiant intensity or radiance in that direction.

1944 Jrnl. Optical Soc. Amer. 34 253/2 The luminance of any surface is the product of the radiance of that surface by the absolute luminosity K of the energy radiated by the surface.

1972 Science 22 Sept. 1100/1 Radiance gradients determined from data gathered by the infrared spectrometers aboard the Nimbus III and Nimbus IV satellites.

1996 Jrnl. Res. National Inst. Standards & Technol. 101 605/2 The latest development uses correlated photons to make intrinsically absolute measurements of radiance.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	radiance
释义	radiancen. Brit. /ˈreɪdɪəns/, U.S. /ˈreɪdiəns/ Forms: 1500s– radiance, 1600s– radience (now nonstandard). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: radiant adj., -ance suffix. Etymology: < radiant adj.: see -ance suffix. Compare radiancy n.With forms in -ence compare -ence suffix. I. General senses. 1. a. A radiant condition or quality; brightness, light, esp. brilliant or splendid light emitted by an object.In quot. a1593, in sense 'burning quality' perhaps with admixture of sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > [noun] > ray or beam > emission of beaming1398 radiationa1500 radiancea1593 radiancy1595 irradiation1599 eradiation1633 irradiancy1646 actinobolism1654 radiature1663 effulgence1667 irradiance1667 circumradiancy1673 diradiation1706 beaminess1741 raying1787 rayonnance1848 radiate1889 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > radiance or brilliance gleamOE gleec1440 blaze1578 radiancea1593 radiancy1595 lustre1602 prefulgency1660 brilliance1755 rayonnement1910 a1593 C. Marlowe tr. Ovid Elegies (c1603) iii. x. sig. F Thine eyes whose radiance burnes out mine. 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades xviii. 192 Their guides a repercussive dread Took from the horrid radiance of his refulgent head. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear i. 102 By the sacred radience of the Sunne. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. i. 87 In his bright radience and colaterall light, Must I be comforted. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 194 The Son..with Radiance crown'd Of Majestie Divine. View more context for this quotation 1728 J. Thomson Spring 13 The rapid Radiance instantaneous strikes Th' illumin'd Mountain. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc vi Innocuous lightnings round the hallowed banner Wreath'd their red radiance. 1812 J. Wilson Isle of Palms i. 214 Well may the moon delight to shed Her softest radiance round that head. 1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist i. 11 When the sun arose the morning star was lost in his radiance. 1908 J. London Martin Eden xlv. 388 His mind was blank, save for the intervals when unsummoned memory pictures took form and color and radiance just under his eyelids. 1986 P. L. Fermor Between Woods & Water i. 25 When the path along the Danube turned east, the radiance of the morning poured along the valley. 2001 A. Gurnah By the Sea (2002) v. 141 He stood in the watery radiance of that afternoon light. b. figurative and in figurative contexts. ΚΠ 1600 T. Dekker Old Fortunatus sig. A4 Those infected limmes of the sicke world, Are fixt by thee for starres in that bright Sphere, Where in our Sunne like Radiance did appeare. 1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 101 But Seeing..Holds most of Fire, which is in nature neere To the Celestiall Natures radience. 1615 P. Gordon Famous Hist. i. sig. G Heir monted doth that valiant Prince advance..In whome shal schine pure virtues radiance. 1709 R. Gould Wks. I. 84 Thus if my Verses shine, 'Tis with the Radiance that is shed from thine. 1761 Warton Poems (1777) 10 The radiance of the regal name. 1819 ‘B. Cornwall’ Dramatic Scenes & Other Poems 149 The soul's radiance in our wint'ry hour Flings a sweet summer halo round us. 1896 ‘Iota’ Quaker Grandmother 13 It was a soft, luminous radiance of sincerity and sympathy. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. vii. [Aeolus] 128 The Greek! he said again... Kyrie! The radiance of the intellect. I ought to profess Greek, the language of the mind. 1978 I. Kesarcodi-Watson & I. Kesarcodi-Watson tr. V. Lossky Orthodox Theol. i. 41 Apophaticism gives it the metalogical depth of an unknowable transcendence; the Bible envelopes it in the glorious radiance of the divine names. 2004 Richmond (Va.) Times Dispatch (Nexis) 27 Jan. e5 Britney Anderson's basketball career once twinkled with enough radiance to light up the skies above the Meadowbrook and Blacksburg high school gyms. 2. Brightness of the eye or look; a quality in a person's expression or bearing indicative of joy, love, hope, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > [noun] > brightness expressive of joy radiance1608 1608 G. Chapman Conspiracie Duke of Byron iii. sig. E4^v Others..with much strictnesse imitate, The some-thing stooping carriage of my neck, The voluble, and milde radiance of mine eyes. 1657 J. Harington Hist. Polindor & Flostella (ed. 3) 181 What lovely'st Radiance in the Eye, Souls splendid Orb! 1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence ii. lxxii Sweet love their looks a gentle radiance lends. 1772 W. Jones Poems 10 The mild radiance of her sparkling eye. 1819 P. B. Shelley Rosalind & Helen 59 His countenance..burned with radiance Of spirit-piercing joy. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xvi. 186 There was a radiance of satisfaction about him not quite usual. 1908 E. M. Forster Room with View xv. 236 She greeted Cecil with unusual radiance, because she felt so safe. 1948 ‘N. Shute’ No Highway x Shirley standing close behind the girl saw the radiance on his frog-like features, and understood why Marjorie had bothered to come back. 1989 S. Bedford Jigsaw iv. 176 She could dress quite badly... It did not matter. She had radiance, she had presence. 2005 Men's Health (U.K. ed.) June 48/3 Rub a little of this tinted cream on your death-mask and get instant sun-kissed radiance. II. Scientific uses. †3. Radiation that is perceived as heat or light, electromagnetic radiation; the emission of such radiation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > radiation of heat ray1599 irradiation1794 radiance1800 radiation1802 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > heat > [noun] > emission or diffusion irradiation1794 radiance1800 radiation1802 actinism1847 scattering1866 emissivity1880 1800 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 90 294 The..agency of heat in other circumstances than in its state of radiance, or heat-making rays. 1869 Nature 1 105/2 The author [sc. J. J. Murphy] here suggests the introduction of a useful word, radiance, to express the light, radiant heat, and actinism of the sun, which are evidently modifications of the same form of energy. 1885 J. C. Maxwell in Encycl. Brit. XIX. 2 Thus we have..(3) Theory of radiance. (a) Geometrical optics [etc.]. 4. Physics. The flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by unit area of a source. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > heat > [noun] > emission or diffusion > energy produced by > as flow flux1863 radiant power1863 radiant flux1896 radiance1917 1917 H. E. Ives in Astrophysical Jrnl. 45 43 If now we divide this radiant intensity in any direction by the projected area of the opening in that direction.., we obtain the specific radiant intensity or radiance in that direction. 1944 Jrnl. Optical Soc. Amer. 34 253/2 The luminance of any surface is the product of the radiance of that surface by the absolute luminosity K of the energy radiated by the surface. 1972 Science 22 Sept. 1100/1 Radiance gradients determined from data gathered by the infrared spectrometers aboard the Nimbus III and Nimbus IV satellites. 1996 Jrnl. Res. National Inst. Standards & Technol. 101 605/2 The latest development uses correlated photons to make intrinsically absolute measurements of radiance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1593
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