Brilliance - Definition
brilliance
n 1: a light within the field of vision that is brighter than
the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of
sunlight" [syn: glare, blaze, brilliance]
2: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for
magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's
hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects";
"it is the university that gives the scene its stately
splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and
colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and
elegance it brings to their products" [syn: magnificence,
brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur,
grandness]
3: unusual mental ability [syn: brilliance, genius]