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Meaning of illumination

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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