brilliance
    n 1: a light within the field of vision that is brighter than
         the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of
         sunlight" [syn: glare, blaze, brilliance]
    2: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for
       magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's
       hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects";
       "it is the university that gives the scene its stately
       splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and
       colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and
       elegance it brings to their products" [syn: magnificence,
       brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur,
       grandness]
    3: unusual mental ability [syn: brilliance, genius]