"shininess" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shininesses [plural]
Etymology: From shiny + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|shiny|ness}} shiny + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} shininess (usually uncountable, plural shininesses)
  1. The visual property of something shining with reflective light; shine. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (shining with reflective light): brillance [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-shininess-en-noun-KeuXTlLC Disambiguation of 'shining with reflective light': 90 10
  2. (computing) The coefficient of specular reflectivity associated with the surface of an object being displayed. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Computing, Appearance
    Sense id: en-shininess-en-noun-XADSs8Yt Disambiguation of Appearance: 43 57 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 15 85 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 12 88 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: shiningness

Inflected forms

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