emitting light, glowing, radiant; bright, filled with light; clear, understandable; enlightening
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Luminous Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color.
Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color.
(a.)
Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous.
Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous.
(a.)
Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutEnlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind.
luminous
\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. the mountains lift their lofty and luminous heads.
2. illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous. up the staircase moved a luminous space in the darkness.
3. enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind. " luminous eloquence." " a luminous statement."
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.
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luminous energy
luminous intensity unit
luminous paint
luminous flux unit
luminous flux
Giving or radiating light.
(adj.) emitting light; shining; also enlightened or intelligent The luminous quality of the precious stone made it look like a fallen star. They found their way through the darkness by heading toward the luminous object in the distance.
Adjective
1. softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars"
(synonym) aglow(p), glowing, lambent, lucent
(similar) bright
Luminous Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Luminous may refer to:
- Luminous (EP), the sixth release from American Futurepop band Cesium 137
- Luminous (story collection), a 1998 short story collection by Greg Egan
- Luminous, LLC, a contact lens company with headquarters in Portland, Oregon
- A music album by Chris Murphy (violinist)
- A music album by Bill Nelson (musician)
- Luminous (game engine), a video game engine developed by Square Enix
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Luminous Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
luminous, perfect
Lucius, luminous; white
luminous; white
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock. About