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LAMBENCY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lambency mean?
• LAMBENCY (noun)
The noun LAMBENCY has 1 sense:
1. an appearance of reflected light
Familiarity information: LAMBENCY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An appearance of reflected light
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
gleam; gleaming; glow; lambency
Hypernyms ("lambency" is a kind of...):
effulgence; radiance; radiancy; refulgence; refulgency; shine (the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light)
Derivation:
lambent (softly bright or radiant)
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