Illumination - Definition
illumination
n 1: a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination;
"follow God's light" [syn: light, illumination]
2: the degree of visibility of your environment
3: an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding;
"the professor's clarification helped her to understand the
textbook" [syn: clarification, elucidation,
illumination]
4: the luminous flux incident on a unit area [syn:
illuminance, illumination]
5: painting or drawing included in a book (especially in
illuminated medieval manuscripts) [syn: miniature,
illumination]