Phrase Hound found 7 phrases and 14 compound words that contain illumination. The most common are listed below. Open illumination in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 7
- over-illuminationAlternative spelling of overillumination: Excess light supplied beyond the amount required for a given task.
- global illuminationThe realistic lighting of a rendered scene by means of algorithms that take into account not only the direct illumination from light sources but also the indirect cases where light is reflected between surfaces in the scene.
- illumination problemA mathematical problem, asking whether a room with mirrored walls can always be illuminated by a single-point light source, allowing for repeated reflection of light off the mirrored walls. It was solved in 1958: there are such rooms that …
- oblique illuminationA microscopic technique where light is projected at the specimen from an oblique, slanting angle to reveal features with higher contrast.
- structured illuminationThe projection of a grid of lines onto a target in order to obtain information about its structure, typically by analysing the Fourier transform of the reflected light.
- Phong illuminationSynonym of Phong lighting: A technique for the local illumination of points on a surface, approximating the way that light is reflected in reality.
- structured illumination microscopyA form of microscopy that employs structured illumination to observe biological structures smaller than the wavelength of the light used
Compound words 14
- preilluminationIllumination prior to some other process.
- endoilluminationThe illumination of a surgical operation from inside the body, by means of a surgical tool providing light.
- nonilluminationAbsence of illumination.
- transilluminationA shining through (something).
- bioilluminationillumination by means of bioluminescence
- illuminationismAn Islamic philosophical and mystical school of thought introduced by Iranian philosopher Shihab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi in the 12th century.
- illuminationistOf or relating to illuminationism.
- photoilluminationillumination by light, typically as part of a manufacturing process
- postilluminationFollowing illumination
- reilluminationThe act or process of reilluminating.