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Luminous Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Luminous? [adj] softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Luminous: aglow(p) \| bright \| glowing \| lambent \| lucent Related Terms \| Find terms related to Luminous: ablaze \| acute \| aglow \| alight \| all-knowing \| all-powerful \| all-seeing \| all-wise \| almighty \| apprehensible \| bathed with light \| beaming \| beamy \| bespangled \| blushing \| boundless \| bright \| bright and sunny \| brightened \| brilliant \| burning \| candescent \| candlelit \| changeless \| clean-cut \| clear \| clear as crystal \| clear as day \| clear-cut \| clear-eyed \| coherent \| comprehensible \| connected \| consistent \| creating \| creative \| crisp \| crystal \| crystal-clear \| crystalline \| dazzling \| defined \| definite \| direct \| discerning \| distinct \| effulgent \| enlightened \| eternal \| eternally the same \| everlasting \| explicit \| express \| fathomable \| firelit \| fluorescent \| flushing \| fulgent \| gaslit \| gleaming \| gleamy \| glinting \| glistening \| glorious \| glowing \| good \| graspable \| hallowed \| highest \| holy \| illuminant \| illuminated \| immortal \| immutable \| in a blaze \| incandescent \| incisive \| infinite \| intelligible \| irradiate \| irradiated \| irradiative \| just \| keen \| knowable \| lambent \| lamping \| lamplit \| lanternlit \| light as day \| lighted \| lightened \| limitless \| limpid \| lit \| lit up \| loud and clear \| loving \| lucent \| lucid \| luciferous \| lucific \| luciform \| luminant \| luminative \| luminescent \| luminiferous \| luminificent \| lustrous \| majestic \| making \| merciful \| moonlit \| numinous \| omnipotent \| omnipresent \| omniscient \| one \| orient \| pellucid \| penetrating \| perceptive \| percipient \| permanent \| perpetual \| perspicacious \| perspicuous \| phosphorescent \| plain \| radiant \| refulgent \| resplendent \| rutilant \| rutilous \| sacred \| shaping \| sharp \| shimmering \| shining \| shiny \| simple \| sovereign \| spangled \| sparkling \| specific \| starbright \| starlike \| starlit \| starry \| star-spangled \| star-studded \| straightforward \| streaming \| studded \| suffused \| sunlit \| sunny \| sunshiny \| supreme \| timeless \| tinseled \| translucent \| transparent \| transpicuous \| ubiquitous \| unambiguous \| unbounded \| unchanging \| unconfused \| undefined \| understandable \| unequivocal \| univocal \| unlimited \| unmistakable \| well-defined See Also \| Luminous In Webster's Dictionary \Lu"minous\, a. [L. luminosus, fr. lumen light: cf. F. lumineux. See {Luminary}, {Illuminate}.] 1. Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color. Fire burneth wood, making it . . . luminous. --Bacon. The mountains lift . . . their lofty and luminous heads. --Longfellow. 2. Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous. Up the staircase moved a luminous space in the darkness. --Longfellow. 3. Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind. `` Luminous eloquence.'' --Macaulay. `` A luminous statement.'' --Brougham. {Luminous paint}, a paint made up with some phosphorescent substance, as sulphide of calcium, which after exposure to a strong light is luminous in the dark for a time. Syn: Lucid; clear; shining; perspicuous. -- {Lu"minously}, adv. -- {Lu"minous*ness}, n.

Luminous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Luminous?

[adj] softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars"

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Luminous In Webster's Dictionary

\Lu"mi*nous\, a. [L. luminosus, fr. lumen light: cf. F.
lumineux. See {Luminary}, {Illuminate}.]
1. Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright;
   as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color.

         Fire burneth wood, making it . . . luminous.
                                               --Bacon.

         The mountains lift . . . their lofty and luminous
         heads.                                --Longfellow.

2. Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made
   the room luminous.

         Up the staircase moved a luminous space in the
         darkness.                             --Longfellow.

3. Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a
   luminous mind. `` Luminous eloquence.'' --Macaulay. `` A
   luminous statement.'' --Brougham.

{Luminous paint}, a paint made up with some phosphorescent
   substance, as sulphide of calcium, which after exposure to
   a strong light is luminous in the dark for a time.

Syn: Lucid; clear; shining; perspicuous. -- {Lu"mi*nous*ly},
     adv. -- {Lu"mi*nous*ness}, n.

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