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Meaning of "dimness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DIMNESS

dimness  [ˈdɪmnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIMNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dimness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DIMNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dimness in the English dictionary

The definition of dimness in the dictionary is weak or indistinct vision. Other definition of dimness is indistinct or faint quality.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIMNESS


blithesomeness
ˈblaɪðsəmnɪs
calmness
ˈkɑːmnɪs
dumbness
ˈdʌmnɪs
firmness
ˈfɜːmnɪs
gameness
ˈɡeɪmnɪs
glumness
ˈɡlʌmnɪs
grimness
ˈɡrɪmnɪs
gruesomeness
ˈɡruːsəmnɪs
lameness
ˈleɪmnɪs
loathsomeness
ˈləʊðsəmnɪs
numbness
ˈnʌmnɪs
primness
ˈprɪmnɪs
randomness
ˈrændəmnɪs
sameness
ˈseɪmnɪs
slimness
ˈslɪmnɪs
tiresomeness
ˈtaɪəsəmnɪs
trimness
ˈtrɪmnɪs
ugsomeness
ˈʌɡsəmnɪs
wholesomeness
ˈhəʊlsəmnɪs
winsomeness
ˈwɪnsəmnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIMNESS

dimity
dimly
dimly-remembered
dimmable
dimmed
dimmer
dimmers
dimmest
dimming
dimmish
dimorph
dimorphic
dimorphism
dimorphous
dimp
dimple
dimpled
dimplement
dimply
dimpsy

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIMNESS

awareness
bottomness
business
buxomness
darkness
fitness
grumness
happiness
humdrumness
in the wilderness
infirmness
lissomness
lukewarmness
nonrandomness
rumness
seldomness
solemness
uniformness
warmness
wellness

Synonyms and antonyms of dimness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dimness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DIMNESS

Find out the translation of dimness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dimness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dimness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

暗淡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

penumbra
570 millions of speakers

English

dimness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मंदता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الخفوت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тусклость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

penumbra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্ষীণতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

obscurité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kegilaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dunkelheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

薄暗さ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

어스레
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dimasan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mờ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dimness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मंदपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

donukluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

oscurità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

półmrok
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тьмяність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

imprecizie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dimness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dimness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dimness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dimness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dimness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DIMNESS»

The term «dimness» is regularly used and occupies the 58.150 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DIMNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dimness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dimness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dimness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIMNESS»

Discover the use of dimness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dimness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Take the Dimness of My Soul Away: Healing After a Loved ...
This book is a collection of the sermons he preached, the first one just three weeks after his son's death, and the final one nine years later.
William A. Ritter, 2004
2
New Manual; Or, Symptomen-codex
Dimness of Sight. 1 Dimness of sight, Amhr. gris., Core., Elec, Kal. hyd., Merc, Fumes of Merc. 2. Dim-sightedness in the open air only, Alum. 3. Dim- sightedness in the evening, hindering reading and sewing, Alum. 4. Dimness of the eyes, with ...
Gottlieb Heinrich Georg Jahr, Charles Julius Hempel, 1853
3
The Concordance Repertory of the More Characteristic ...
Cloudiness or dimness of v. Phos. Considerable aching pains in balls and many disturbances of v. Puls. Dilatation of pupils so great that v. is completely lost. Stram. Dilated pupils, with loss of v. Crotal. Dilated pupils, with sensitiveness to light; ...
William Daniel Gentry, 1892
4
Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal
.Sight, in the left eye, very much improved ; by it he can sec to read " double pica" at the distance of four inches and " pearl'* at two inches ; its dimness does not corns on so densely or quickly as before operation ; he now sees best with it ...
5
The Value(s) of Literature
In turn Whitman describes the process of the urge of life in the following way: "Out of the dimness opposite equals advance, always substance and increase, always sex, / Always a knit of identity, always distinction, always a breed of life.
James S. Hans, 1990
6
Swampland Flowers: The Letters and Lectures of Zen Master Ta Hui
After all, gentlemen of affairs who study this Path must depend on their dimness and dullness to enter. But if you hold to dimness and dullness, considering yourself to be without the qualifications (for the Path), then you're being controlled by ...
Zonggao, 2006
7
Ophthalmic Hospital Reports and Journal
After the dimness has begun the upper lid droops, and the eye is half shut. Then all the symptoms pass off. It is " like a rush of blood to the eyes." It sometimes comes on after stooping, but sometimes without. The dimness never affects the other ...
London (England) Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, 1879
8
Materia Medica:
Samuel Hahnemann. 158. Weeping of both eyes, with dimness of vision. [ GREDING, I.e., p.300] 99 159. He open his closed eyes only when spoken to. [ PFENNIG, I.e.] 100 160. Dimness of vision. [GREDING. I.e., pp.271, 273, 274, 280 , 283.] ...
Samuel Hahnemann, 2002
9
American Journal of Ophthalmology
The eye has not given one moment's trouble except the dimness of vision. Examination. Tension normal. Cornea clear and free from scars; aqueous clear; iris free from adhesions and pigment deposits. Pupil slightly dilated, reacting slowly to ...
10
The Monthly Journal of Foreign Medicine
The principal inconveni ence of which she complained was the dimness of vision which frequently occurred from the excess or accumulation of the lachrymal secretion on the globe of the eye and between the palpebrac. Feb. 20.--Tube ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIMNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dimness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Cheddleton Open Gardens event celebrates its 21st anniversary this …
Emerge from the dimness of Hollow Lane into Nigel and Liz's large, sunny garden, which is divided into separate areas including a rockery with ... «Leek Post & Times, Jul 15»
2
Vocal Republic – Out of sight but not power, Erdogan eyes snap …
Opposition occasions are as disconnected as ever, and Erdogan overvallen from the originial and dimness is that is evaluating how a good ... «Vocal Republic, Jul 15»
3
Pospisil will try to avoid being drawn and quartered: DiManno
But Djokovic gutted it out, tying the affair 2-2 before the match was suspended because of dimness on Court 1. If it were Centre Court, there ... «OurWindsor.ca, Jul 15»
4
Best of Breslin: War And Independence
Downstairs, red lights in the dimness of the hangar deck showed white 1000-pound bombs hanging in ceiling racks. Rock-and-roll music ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
5
New Silk light bulbs mimic the sun to help you sleep better
Silk is a connected light system, similar to Philip' Hue system, which has manual dimness and on-off controls for all of the lights in your home. «Inhabitat, Jul 15»
6
Apple Just Made it Way Easier to Replace Your Battery - Seventeen
Looks like you won't have to do crazy battery gymnastics like turning down your dimness impossibly low or putting it on airplane mode to ... «Seventeen Magazine, Jul 15»
7
Bar Exam Kruz, a Tavern on the Docks
Once your eyes adjust to the dimness, you will find yourself in the mix of folks ranging from ready to motorcycle to just off work at the bank and ... «urbanmilwaukee, Jul 15»
8
See a Plane's Eye View of a Red Sprite Forming Above the Clouds
The sprite is the faint smudge of red directly above the bright white-violet glow. Their relative dimness and their extreme rarity meant that sprites ... «io9, Jun 15»
9
Port Isabel-South Padre Press
By the time my phone buzzed in the dimness just before dawn, I was already awake and getting ready to go. It was a perfect day, too. «Port isabel south padre, Jun 15»
10
Man, 41, who started grass fires near Ebbw Vale was 'very down …
... that fire crews had to be deployed to deal with them. "He appreciates the dimness with which the court will view his actions," said Mr Lewis. «South Wales Argus, Jun 15»

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