Bright may refer to:
Common meanings
*Bright, an adjective meaning giving off or reflecting illumination; see
Brightness
Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to be radiating or reflecting light. In other words, brightness is the perception elicited by the luminance of a visual target. The perception is not linear to luminance, ...
*Bright, an adjective meaning someone with
intelligence
Intelligence has been defined in many ways: the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. More generally, it can b ...
People
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Bright (surname) Bright is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* A. D. Bright (1838–1898), Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court
* Adam Bright (1984-), Australian pitcher
* Alfred L. Bright (1940-2019), American artist
*Annie Bright (1840–1913 ...
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Bright (given name)
*Bright, the stage name of Thai actor/musician
Vachirawit Chiva-aree
Vachirawit Chivaree ( th, วชิรวิชญ์ ชีวอารี; born 27 December 1997), known professionally as Bright Vachirawit or Bright ( th, ไบร์ท), is a Thai actor, singer, television host, model and entertainer. He i ...
Places
Australia
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Bright, Victoria
Bright (pronunciation: ) is a town in northeastern Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 319 metres above sea level at the southeastern end of the Ovens Valley. At the , Bright had a population of 2,406. It is in the Alpine Shire local gove ...
, a town
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Electoral district of Bright
Bright is a former electorate for the South Australian House of Assembly. It was named in honour of Charles Bright, at various times South Australian Supreme Court Judge, Flinders University Chancellor, Health Commission chairman, and Electoral ...
in South Australia
Canada
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Bright Parish, New Brunswick
Northern Ireland
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Bright, County Down
Bright is a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Lecale Upper. It is also a townland of 336 acres. History
Bright is mentioned in the Tripartite Life of Saint Patrick by its old Irish name of '' ...
, a village and parish in County Down
United States
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Bright, Indiana
Bright is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Dearborn County, Indiana, United States. The population was 5,814 at the 2020 census.
History
A post office was established at Bright in 1847, and remained in operation unt ...
, a census-designated place
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Bright, West Virginia
Bright is an unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers cl ...
, an unincorporated community
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Bright, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
Arts and entertainment
Music
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Bright (American band)
Bright is a post-rock and ambient music group based in Brooklyn, New York.
Background
Bright formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1993 initially as a recording project, with Mark Dwinell (guitar, vocals) and Joe LaBrecque (drums) creating son ...
, an experimental pop group from Brooklyn, New York
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''Bright'' (Bright (American band) album), the eponymous debut from the aforementioned group
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Bright (Japanese band)
Bright (stylized as BRIGHT) was a dance vocal band in Japan under major label Rhythm Zone.
History
The chorus group named was formed in 2001 with the members Nagi, Mi-Mi and Meg. These members of the group were childhood friends from elementary ...
, a dance vocal band from Japan
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''Bright'' (Bright (Japanese band) album)
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"Bright" (song), a song by Echosmith
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Brighten'', a 2021 album by Jerry Cantrell
Other media
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''Bright'' (film), a 2017 fantasy film starring Will Smith
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Bright Noa
This is a list of fictional characters from the 1979 Japanese science fiction anime television series ''Mobile Suit Gundam''.
Earth Federation
Amuro Ray
is the son of Tem Ray, the project leader for the Earth Federation's Project V, whi ...
, a fictional character from the ''Gundam'' anime metaverse
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Bright (Suikoden)
is a role-playing video game published by Konami. It is the first installment of the ''Suikoden'' series. Developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, it was released initially in 1995 for the PlayStation in Japan. A North American release ...
, a character from the ''Genso Suikoden'' series of games
Businesses
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Bright (company)
Bright is a company producing 3D, immersive, playful contents and experiences owned by Abdel Bounane. It transforms complex informations in playful, immersive experiences like 3D infographics, experiential websites, videogames. For Abdel Bounane, ...
, a platform distributing digital art
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Bright.com
Bright.com was an employment website that uses a computer algorithm to match potential employee to advertised positions. Bright Media was the parent company of Bright.com and Bright Labs, a group that provided access to data and resources on the cu ...
, an online job matching tool acquired by LinkedIn
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Bright Automotive
Bright Automotive was a startup company in Anderson, Indiana, working to create a fuel-efficient line of plug-in electric vehicles.Fehrenbacher, Katie. "The First Investment from GM's VC Arm: Bright Automotive: Cleantech News and Analysis «." G ...
, American manufacturer of electric vehicles
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More Radio Mid-Sussex
More Radio Mid-Sussex, formerly Bright FM, is an Independent Local Radio station serving Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, Lewes and surrounding areas. It is owned and operated by Total Sense Media and broadcasts from studios in Worthing, as part of ...
, formerly Bright FM, a local radio station in Sussex, UK
Technology
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BRIGHT (nanosatellite)
The Canadian Advanced Nanospace eXperiment (CanX) program is a Canadian CubeSat nanosatellite program operated by the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Space Flight Laboratory (UTIAS/SFL). The program's objectives are to invo ...
, the BRIght-star Target Explorer
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Gradient Bright
The Gradient Bright is a Czech single-place, paraglider designed and produced by Gradient sro of Prague. Originally produced in the mid-2000s, it was still in production in 2016 as the Bright 5.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory ...
, a Czech paraglider design
Other uses
*, a Hansa A Type cargo ship bearing this name 1967-69
See also
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Bright's disease
Bright's disease is a historical classification of kidney diseases that are described in modern medicine as acute or chronic nephritis. It was characterized by swelling and the presence of albumin in the urine, and was frequently accompanied b ...
, historical classification of kidney diseases
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Brights movement
The Brights movement is a social movement whose members since 2003 refer to themselves as Brights and have a worldview of philosophical naturalism.
Most Brights believe that public policies should be based on science (a body of knowledge obtaine ...
, encouraging rejection of the supernatural
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Guangming (disambiguation), Guangming means bright(ness) in Chinese
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Brightness (disambiguation)
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