ILLUMINATED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does illuminated mean? 

• ILLUMINATED (adjective)
  The adjective ILLUMINATED has 1 sense:

1. provided with artificial light

  Familiarity information: ILLUMINATED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ILLUMINATED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Provided with artificial light

Synonyms:

illuminated; lighted; lit; well-lighted

Context example:

a well-lighted stairwell

Similar:

light (characterized by or emitting light)

 Context examples 

At first his countenance was illuminated with pleasure, but as he continued, thoughtfulness and sadness succeeded; at length, laying aside the instrument, he sat absorbed in reflection.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The moment Mrs. Carrol saw the girl's altered face, she was illuminated with a new idea, and exclaimed to herself, Now I understand it all—the child has been pining for young Laurence.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

One look at her illuminated face was enough for Messner.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

As it turns, the demagnetized spot regains its magnetization and a new spot is illuminated and demagnetized, causing the engine to continuously rotate.

(New Materials Developed by Scientists Able to Move in Response to Light, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

On the other side of the lake stood a fine illuminated castle, from which came the merry music of horns and trumpets.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Keep in mind that the illuminated area of your chart is the tenth house, which correlates on the face of a clock to the hour between the 11 and 12, the very highest point.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

As the Saturn system moved into its northern hemisphere summer over the past few years, northern latitudes have become increasingly well illuminated.

(Unusual Red Arcs Spotted on Icy Saturn Moon, NASA)

Another issue is that ions can move around in the solar cell when illuminated, which can cause a change in the bandgap – the colour of light the material absorbs.

(Potassium gives perovskite-based solar cells an efficiency boost, University of Cambridge)

The little chamber lay before us brightly illuminated by a brass lamp which stood upon the table.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Our observations suggest a ball of gas illuminated from the interior, with rays of warm light swirling through stormy patches of dark clouds,” elaborates Lacour.

(GRAVITY instrument breaks new ground in exoplanet imaging, ESO)