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noun

brightness

the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white

In a sentence

Six example sentences with brightness, each labelled with its topic.

  • She pulled the brightness down across the sky until cloud detail returned to a frame that looked washed out.

    Photography

  • The laptop drops its brightness automatically in a dark room, which saves battery and stops the screen from glaring.

    Technology

  • The restorer matched the brightness of the new patch to the surrounding pigment before anyone could spot the repair.

    Art

  • The same gray square shifts in brightness depending on whether its surround is black or white, a classic perceptual illusion.

    Psychology

  • The setup screen asks you to adjust brightness until the logo is barely visible, so dark caves stay readable later.

    Gaming

  • Astronomers rank stars by apparent brightness on a scale where the faintest ones visible to the eye sit at sixth magnitude.

    Science

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