Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overillumination

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-il-lu-mi-na-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excess light supplied beyond the amount required for a given task.

Uncountable

noun

Wasted light through illumination of an unoccupied space, creating energy wastage.

Uncountable

noun

Excessive or annoying light producing glare, annoyance and adverse health effects.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The building's architect failed to account for natural light availability and specified more lighting fixtures than needed, resulting in over-illumination and leading to increased headache incidence for some building occupants."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-s- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *léwksmn̥ Proto-Italic *louksmən Latin lūmen Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin lūminō Latin illūminō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Late Latin illūminātiōbor. Middle French illuminationbor. English illumination English overillumination From over- + illumination.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

over-illumination (alternative)

Phrases

light pollution light trespass

Frequently Paired Words

light pollution light trespass skyglow

Questions

What does overillumination mean?: Excess light supplied beyond the amount required for a given task.
Where does overillumination come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-s- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *léwksmn̥ Proto-Italic *louksmən Latin lūmen Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin lūminō Latin illūminō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Late Latin illūminātiōbor. Middle French illuminationbor. English illumination English overillumination From over- + illumination.

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