Definition of "radiance" []

• The quality or state of being radiant. (noun)
• Physics The radiant energy emitted per unit time in a specified direction by a unit area of an emitting surface. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Under the radiance from the lighted lanai, ere entering the irritating movement of life again to which he belonged, he paused to stare, scarcely seeing, at a flaunt of display of scarlet double-hibiscus blooms."
• "They can stand before God, but His white radiance is so brilliant that even they must fold their wings over their eyes."
• "For a minute she was aloof in radiance, but as we linked arms and went out into the corridor she became more mortal, with a pout."