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radiance

/ˈɹeɪdi.əns/ noun C1
  1. The quality or state of being radiant; shining, bright or splendid. (countable, uncountable)
  2. The flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source. (countable, uncountable)

Plural radiances

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Then the radiance vanished.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 74 · C1
He was in waiting for them, with the team, however, when it was all over, and the three girls came merrily out into the calm, white moonshine radiance.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 285 · C1

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