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| Main Entry: | ray |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beam; indication |
| Synonyms: | bar, blaze, blink, emanation, flash, flicker, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, hint, light, patch, radiance, radiation, scintilla, shaft, shine, spark, sparkle, streak, stream, trace, wave, incandescence, irradiation, moonbeam, pencil, sunbeam |
| Notes: | ray is distinguished from beam in that it describes a smaller quantity of light (beam being a collection of parallel rays) |
| Main Entry: | flicker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spark, glimmer |
| Synonyms: | beam, flare, flash, gleam, oscillation, quivering, ray, twinkle, vibration, scintillation |
| Main Entry: | gleam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brightness, sparkle |
| Synonyms: | beam, flash, flicker, glance, glimmer, glint, glitz, gloss, glow, luster, ray, sheen, shimmer, splendor, twinkle, brilliance, coruscation, glim, scintillation |
| Antonyms: | dullness |
| Main Entry: | glimmer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flash, sparkle |
| Synonyms: | blink, flicker, glance, gleam, glint, glow, grain, hint, inkling, ray, shimmer, suggestion, trace, twinkle, coruscation, scintillation |
| Antonyms: | dullness |
| Main Entry: | glow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burning, brightness |
| Synonyms: | bloom, blossom, blush, effulgence, flush, glare, gleam, glimmer, glitter, gusto, heat, intensity, light, luminosity, passion, radiance, ray, splendor, vividness, warmth, afterglow, brilliance, incandescence, lambency, phosphorescence |
| Main Entry: | iota |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small bit |
| Synonyms: | atom, crumb, grain, hint, infinitesimal, jot, mite, molecule, nucleus, ounce, particle, ray, scintilla, scrap, smidgen, speck, trace, whit |
| Antonyms: | lot |
| Main Entry: | molecule |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smallest part |
| Synonyms: | bit, fragment, iota, jot, mite, modicum, mote, ounce, particle, ray, speck, unit, minim |
| Main Entry: | particle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | atom, piece |
| Synonyms: | bit, crumb, dot, dribble, drop, fleck, fragment, grain, hoot*, iota, jot, mite, modicum, molecule, morsel, mote, ounce, ray, scrap, scruple, seed, shred, smidgen, speck, spot, stitch, whit, minim, smithereen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scintilla |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small bit, trace |
| Synonyms: | atom, crumb, dab, dash, drop, flash, hint, iota, particle, pinch, ray, shade, shred, smidgen, soupçon, sparkle, speck, spot, whiff, whisper, small quantity |
| Main Entry: | shred |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiny piece |
| Synonyms: | atom, bit, crumb, fragment, grain, iota, jot, modicum, ounce, part, particle, rag, ray, ribbon, scintilla, scrap, shadow, sliver, smidgen, snippet, speck, stitch, trace, whit, cantlet, tatter |
| Antonyms: | lot |
| Main Entry: | soupçon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small amount |
| Synonyms: | atom, crumb, dab, dash, drop, flash, hint, iota, particle, pinch, ray, scintilla, shade, shred, smidgen, sparkle, speck, spot, suggestion, tinge, trace, whiff, whisper, small bit, small quantity |
| Main Entry: | spark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flash, trace |
| Synonyms: | atom, beam, fire, flare, flicker, gleam, glint, glitter, glow, hint, jot, nucleus, ray, scintilla, scrap, sparkle, spit, vestige, scintillation |
| Main Entry: | streak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | vein, line; small part |
| Synonyms: | band, bar, beam, dash, element, hint, intimation, layer, ray, ridge, rule, shade, slash, smear, strain, stream, strip, stripe, stroke, suggestion, suspicion, touch, trace |
| Main Entry: | flash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shimmer, flicker |
| Synonyms: | beam, blaze, burst, dazzle, flame, flare, glance, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, illumination, imprint, impulse, luster, quiver, radiation, ray, reflection, shine, spark, sparkle, streak, stream, twinkle, twinkling, vision, bedazzlement, coruscation, incandescence, phosphorescence, scintillation |
| Main Entry: | illumination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | light; making light |
| Synonyms: | beam, brightness, flame, flash, gleam, lighting, radiance, ray, brightening, brilliance, lights |
| Antonyms: | darkness, dimness |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | luminescence from sun or other source |
| Synonyms: | aurora, beacon, blaze, brightness, bulb, candle, dawn, daybreak, daylight, effulgence, emanation, flare, flash, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, illumination, lamp, lantern, luminosity, luster, morning, radiance, radiation, ray, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, star, sun, sunrise, taper, torch, window, brilliance, brilliancy, coruscation, daytime, fulgor, incandescence, irradiation, lambency, lighthouse, morn, phosphorescence, refulgence, scintillation, sunbeam, sunshine |
| Antonyms: | dark, darkness, night, obscurity |
| Main Entry: | beam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ray of light |
| Synonyms: | bar, beacon, chink, column, emission, finger, flicker, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, radiation, ray, shaft, shimmer, shoot, sparkle, streak, stream, twinkle, dartle, laser |
| Main Entry: | shaft |
| Part of Speech: | noun3 |
| Definition: | ray of light |
| Synonyms: | beam, ray, streak, wave, light ray |
| Main Entry: | energy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | generated power |
| Synonyms: | application, burn, current, electricity, force, friction, gravity, heat, juice, magnetism, potential, pressure, reaction, response, service, steam, strength, conductivity, dynamism, horsepower, kilowatts, radioactivity, rays, voltage, wattage |
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