Definition of Luminous

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emitting light, glowing, radiant; bright, filled with light; clear, understandable; enlightening
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Luminous Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(a.)
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.
  
(a.)
Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind.
  
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
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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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Giving or radiating light.
JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Goleuferu = v. to make luminous
GLOSSARY OF ESOTERIC WORDS
(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.
WordNet 2.0

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
Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
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
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
luminous, perfect
  
Lucius, luminous; white
  
luminous; white
  
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock. About