luminous
[ loo-muh-nuhs ]
/ ˈlu mə nəs /
adjective
radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
lighted up or illuminated; well-lighted: the luminous ballroom.
brilliant intellectually; enlightened or enlightening, as a writer or a writer's works: a luminous concept; luminous prose.
clear; readily intelligible: a concise, luminous report.
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RELATED WORDS
lustrous, vivid, brilliant, radiant, incandescent, lucid, translucent, shining, bright, beaming, clear, crystal, effulgent, fulgent, illuminated, lambent, lit, luminescent, refulgent, resplendent
Nearby words
- luminiferous,
- luminism,
- luminophore,
- luminosity,
- luminosity class,
- luminous efficacy,
- luminous efficiency,
- luminous emittance,
- luminous energy,
- luminous exitance
Origin of luminous
SYNONYMS FOR luminous
1. lucid, radiant, resplendent, brilliant. 3. bright, intelligent. 4. understandable, perspicuous, lucid.
ANTONYMS FOR luminous
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luminous
/ (ˈluːmɪnəs) /
adjective
radiating or reflecting light; shining; glowingluminous colours
(not in technical use) exhibiting luminescenceluminous paint
full of light; well-lit
(of a physical quantity in photometry) evaluated according to the visual sensation produced in an observer rather than by absolute energy measurementsluminous flux; luminous intensity Compare radiant
easily understood; lucid; clear
enlightening or wise
Word Origin for luminous
C15: from Latin lūminōsus full of light, from lūmen light
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luminous
[ lōō′mə-nəs ]
adj.
Emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light.
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