<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>an act or instance of illuminating</li><li>the fact or condition of being illuminated</li><li>a decoration of lights, usually colored lights</li><li>sometimes illuminations</li><li>an entertainment, display, or celebration using lights as a major feature or decoration</li><li>intellectual or spiritual enlightenment</li><li>Synonyms: wisdom, insight, revelation, knowledge</li><li>also called illuminance</li><li>Optics: the intensity of light falling at a given place on a lighted surface; the luminous flux incident per unit area, expressed in lumens per unit of area</li><li>a supply of light: a source of illumination</li><li>decoration of a manuscript or book with a painted design in color, gold, etc.</li><li>a design used in such decoration</li></ul>