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[[Image:View from the Window at Le Gras.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[View from the Window at Le Gras]]'' is one of [[Nicéphore Niépce]]'s earliest surviving photographs, circa [[1826]].]] [[Image:View from the Window at Le Gras.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[View from the Window at Le Gras]]'' is one of [[Nicéphore Niépce]]'s earliest surviving photographs, circa [[1826]].]]
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 +# {{uncountable}} The natural medium emanating from the sun and other very hot sources (now recognised as electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength of 400-750 nm), within which vision is possible.
 +#: ''As you can see, this spacious dining-room gets a lot of '''light''' in the mornings.''
 +# A source of illumination.
 +#: ''Put that '''light''' out!''
 +# Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
 +#: ''Can you throw any '''light''' on this problem?''
 +# Facts. pieces of information; [[ideas]], [[concepts]].
 +#* '''1621''', Robert Burton, ''[[The Anatomy of Melancholy]]'', Book I, New York 2001, p. 166:
 +#*: Now these notions are twofold, actions or habits [...], which are durable '''lights''' and notions, which we may use when we will.
 +# A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
 +#: ''Picasso was one of the leading '''lights''' of the cubist movement.''
 +# A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
 +#: ''I'm really seeing you in a different '''light''' today.''
 +#: ''Magoon's governorship in Cuba was viewed in a negative '''light''' by many Cuban historians for years thereafter.''
 +# A [[flame]] or something used to create fire.
 +#: ''Hey, buddy, you got a '''light'''?''
 +# A window, or space for a window in architecture
 +#: ''This facade has eight south-facing '''light'''s.''
 +# The [[series]] of [[square]]s reserved for the [[answer]] to a [[crossword]] [[clue]]
 +#: ''The average length of a '''light''' on a 15x15 grid is 7 or 8.''
== See also == == See also ==

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View from the Window at Le Gras is one of Nicéphore Niépce's earliest surviving photographs, circa 1826.
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  1. Template:Uncountable The natural medium emanating from the sun and other very hot sources (now recognised as electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength of 400-750 nm), within which vision is possible.
    As you can see, this spacious dining-room gets a lot of light in the mornings.
  2. A source of illumination.
    Put that light out!
  3. Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
    Can you throw any light on this problem?
  4. Facts. pieces of information; ideas, concepts.
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Book I, New York 2001, p. 166:
      Now these notions are twofold, actions or habits [...], which are durable lights and notions, which we may use when we will.
  5. A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
    Picasso was one of the leading lights of the cubist movement.
  6. A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
    I'm really seeing you in a different light today.
    Magoon's governorship in Cuba was viewed in a negative light by many Cuban historians for years thereafter.
  7. A flame or something used to create fire.
    Hey, buddy, you got a light?
  8. A window, or space for a window in architecture
    This facade has eight south-facing lights.
  9. The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue
    The average length of a light on a 15x15 grid is 7 or 8.

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