shininess

«shininess» in Mova's school dictionary: The quality of being shiny: how bright, smooth and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (shininess — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) The quality of being shiny: how bright, smooth and gleaming a surface looks when light falls on it. tree →

2) (science) How much a material reflects light, used when we sort materials by their properties. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on materials, pupils test shininess to sort metals from other materials (metals are usually shiny) and learn that smooth surfaces reflect more light. In art and computer drawing, shininess is how glossy something is. In everyday life, adverts boast about the shininess of hair, cars and shoes.

examples

• We sorted the materials by hardness and shininess. tree →
• The shininess of the spoon showed it was made of metal. tree →
• Polishing the shoes brought back their shininess. tree →
• The advert promised shininess for your hair. tree →
• Foil has more shininess than paper. tree →
• The game lets you change the shininess of the car. tree →
• Over time the coin lost its shininess and turned dull. tree →

note

Uncountable; from «shiny» (y changes to i before «-ness»: shiny → shininess). Opposite ideas: dullness, matt. Spelling trap: one «n» after «shi», then «-iness».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shininess» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.