As the child addresses the shepherd in a dream, light -- in the form of the major mode -- begins to appear, and at the moment of the miracle we hear a clear and shining D major.

In the case of light shining through small circular holes we will have to take into account the full three dimensional nature of the problem.

On the latter Jacob Grimm does not make a direct association to the elves, but other researchers see a possible connection to the shining light elves of Old Norse.

For instance, when measuring the position of an electron, one imagines shining a light on it, thus disturbing the electron and producing the quantum mechanical uncertainties in its position.

His home is Glitnir, its name, meaning " shining ," referring to its silver ceiling and golden pillars, which radiated light that could be seen from a great distance.

Its hero, Lucius (" shining, light "), changes his name and persona to Brutus (" dull, stupid "), playing the role of a fool to avoid the fate of his father and brothers, and eventually slaying his family's killer, King Tarquinius.

Later, the Gospel relates that Jesus regarded John as " a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light " ( John 5: 35 ).

Light trespass occurs when unwanted light enters one's property, for instance, by shining over a neighbor's fence.

An office building is illuminated by sodium lamp | high pressure sodium ( HPS ) lamps shining upward, of which much light goes into the sky and neighboring apartment blocks and causes light pollution, in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

That is, if the beam of light is shining on a mirror's surface at a ° angle vertically, then it reflects from the point of incidence at a ° angle from vertically in the opposite direction.

This is because the frequency of the light shining on the cap is above the cap's threshold frequency.

However, in 1905 Albert Einstein interpreted Planck's quantum hypothesis realistically and used it to explain the photoelectric effect, in which shining light on certain materials can eject electrons from the material.

Then, in 1905, to explain the photoelectric effect ( 1839 ), i. e., that shining light on certain materials can function to eject electrons from the material, Albert Einstein postulated, based on Planck ’ s quantum hypothesis, that light itself consists of individual quantum particles, which later came to be called photons ( 1926 ).

There are three types of lighting in this scene which have been specifically chosen and placed by the artist in an attempt to create realistic lighting: spot lighting with shadows ( placed outside the window to create the light shining on the floor ), ambient lighting ( without which any part of the room not lit directly by a light source would be totally dark ), and omnidirectional lighting without shadows ( to reduce the flatness of the ambient lighting ).

In the photoelectric effect, it was observed that shining a light on certain metals would lead to an electric current in a circuit.

* Buddhist monk Lè Zūn has a vision of " golden rays of light shining down on 1, 000 Buddha's ", resulting in the creation of the Mogao Caves.

* Spotlighting or shining is the use of artificial light to find or blind animals before killing

The comet is represented on the Bayeux Tapestry as a fiery star, and the surviving accounts describe it as appearing to be four times the size of Venus and shining with a light equal to a quarter of that of the Moon.

* For part of the history espoused in Clive Barker's novel Galilee, the city of Samarkand is held as a shining light of humanity, and one of the characters longs to go there.

Google has drawn a line in the sand and is shining a light on the very dark area of individual liberty restrictions in China.

In semiconductors, resistivity also changes when light is shining on it.

The moon had sunk below the black crest of the mountains and the land, seen through eyes that had grown accustomed to the absence of light, looked primeval, as if no man had ever trespassed before.

He fled through the door and down the steps, running, and the men grunted and followed, pushing Lester to one side where he backed against the wall with the sleeve of his jacket raised before his eyes to shut out the light.

The glow of the fire reached through the openings in the windows, giving light enough to examine Mike's wound.

This light did not penetrate very far back into the hall, and my eyes were hindered rather than aided by the dim daylight entering through the fan vents when I tried to pick out whatever might be lying, or squatting, on the floor below.

All he had to do was light the fuses of the dynamite sticks, run to within ten yards of an open window in the barn and hurl the sticks through.

wept day and night for the sins and blindness of the world had a long walk through the trees and woods by his house, where he constantly walked morning and evening, and even in the depths of the night, alone by himself, for contemplation and the enjoyment of the dispensation of light.

Goethe asks in Wilhelm Meister whether we know the land where the lemon trees flower, and the light of the Mediterranean glows through Torquato Tasso and the Roman Elegies.

It was with the assistance of one of the members of this expedition, Lauritz Esmarch, that Oersted succeeded in producing light by creating an electric discharge in mercury vapor through which an electric current was made to flow.

The photochemical reaction cells consisted of 10 mm. i.d. Pyrex tubing, 5.5 cm. long, diffraction effects being minimized by the fact that the light passed through only liquid-glass interfaces and not gas-glass interfaces.

The round cells were reproducibly positioned in the light beam which entered the thermostated mineral oil-bath through a window.

The light beam from the lamp was filtered through a half-standard thickness Corning 1840 filter.

The second walk through the heart of Rome should be taken after lunch, so that you will reach the Pincian Hill when the soft light of the late afternoon is at its best.

The stranger, his head seemingly sunk in thought, started to cross the street against the light just as a huge moving van roared through the intersection.

he'd hung another half of a blanket over the boarded window so no light would show through.

Make sure that the metal tube through which the wire passes is in the shape of an inverted `` L '', the foot of the `` L '' about three inches long, so that the puppet can hang directly under the light.

I did notice a twinkle of light from the big house through the woods but as I had left a light on in my own house because of the fog I assumed Mrs. Salter had done the same before she left for town.

He leafed through the light reading provided by Mrs. Kirby for her guests: four separate adventures of the Bobbsey Twins ( At the Seashore, At the Mountains, On the Farm, and In Danger ) and several agricultural bulletins on the treatment of hoof-and-mouth disease in cattle, hideously illustrated.

Mike liked having light up through the ripples ; ;

Most eggs contain the pigment melanin which raises their temperature through the absorption of light and also protects them against ultraviolet radiation.

When the light from a heated material was passed through a prism, it produced a multi-colored spectrum.

) An example of anisotropy is the light coming through a polarizer.

Hume shows that even light skepticism leads to crushing doubts about the world which-while they ultimately are philosophically justifiable-may only be combated through the non-philosophical adherence to custom or habit.

St. Bonaventure ’ s “ Retracing the Arts to Theology ”, a primary example of this method, discusses the skills of the artisan as gifts given by God for the purpose of disclosing God to mankind, which purpose is achieved through four lights: the light of skill in mechanical arts which discloses the world of artifacts ; which light is guided by the light of sense perception which discloses the world of natural forms ; which light, consequently, is guided by the light of philosophy which discloses the world of intellectual truth ; finally, this light is guided by the light of divine wisdom which discloses the world of saving truth.