brilliant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: brilliant	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for brilliant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brilliant adj of surpassing excellence; "a brilliant performance"; "a superb actor" Synonym(s): brilliant, superb having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence; "some men dislike brainy women"; "a brilliant mind"; "a brilliant solution to the problem" Synonym(s): brainy, brilliant, smart as a whip characterized by grandeur; "the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony" Synonym(s): brilliant, glorious, magnificent, splendid having striking color; "bright dress"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage" Synonym(s): bright, brilliant, vivid full of light; shining intensely; "a brilliant star"; "brilliant chandeliers" clear and sharp and ringing; "the bright sound of the trumpet section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets" Synonym(s): bright, brilliant
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brilliant \Bril"liant\, n. [F. brillant. See {Brilliant}, a.] 1. A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the middle, or top, a principal face, called the table, which is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose diamond, which is entirely covered with facets on the surface, and is flat below. This snuffbox -- on the hinge see brilliants shine. --Pope. 2. (Print.) The smallest size of type used in England printing. Note: This line is printed in the type called Brilliant. 3. A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brilliant \Bril"liant\ (br[icr]l"y[ait]nt), a. [F. brillant, p. pr. of briller to shine or sparkle (cf. Pr. & Sp. brillar, It. brillare), fr. L. beryllus a precious stone of sea-green color, Prov. It. brill. See {Beryl}.] 1. Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a brilliant star. 2. Distinguished by qualities which excite admiration; splendid; shining; as, brilliant talents. Washington was more solicitous to avoid fatal mistakes than to perform brilliant exploits. --Fisher Ames. Syn: See {Shining}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Brilliant, AL (town, FIPS 9424) Location: 34.01672 N, 87.77581 W Population (1990): 751 (366 housing units) Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35548 Brilliant, OH (village, FIPS 8812) Location: 40.26850 N, 80.62490 W Population (1990): 1672 (695 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43913
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Brilliant One of five pedagogical languages based on {Markov} {algorithm}s, used in ["Nonpareil, a Machine Level Machine Independent Language for the Study of Semantics", B. Higman, ULICS Intl Report No ICSI 170, U London (1968)]. See also {Diamond}, {Nonpareil}, {Pearl}, {Ruby}.