radiancy

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English

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Etymology

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From radiant +‎ -ancy.[1]

Noun

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radiancy (countable and uncountable, plural radiancies)

  1. The property of being radiant; radiance
    • 1866, John Mason Neale, The Invalid's Hymn-book:
      What radiancy of glory, / What light beyond compare!
  2. (physics) The amount of energy emitted, flux.

References

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  1. ^ “radiancy, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2008.
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