Active Duty and Reserve Applicants. The United States Naval Academy offers an outstanding opportunity for qualified enlisted members of the regular Navy, Naval Reserves, Marine Corps, and other armed forces to embark on careers as officers in the U.S. Navy or U.S. Marine Corps. Regular and Reserve Navy and Marine Corps service members compete for 170 appointments.
Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: 1  illuminate(Noun) Someone thought to have an unusual degree of enlightenment. 2  illuminate(Verb) to shine light on something. 3  illuminate(Verb) to decorate something with lights. 4  illuminate(Verb) to clarify or make something understandable.
When put to the question, even acclaimed inventor Thomas Edison merely defined it as a mode of motion and a system of vibrations.. In this article, we'll try to provide a less slippery answer. We'll illuminate just what electricity is, where it comes from and how humans bend it to their will. For our first stop, we'll travel to Greece, where inquisitive ancients puzzled over the same phenomena that zaps you when you touch a metal object after shuffling over the carpet on a cold, dry day.