luminous paint
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of luminous paint
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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The birds I saw were mostly unidentifiable streaks of light, like thin retinal scratches or splashes of luminous paint on a dark ground.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2016
The abstract composition materialized from luminous paint falling to the surface.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2014
In France the four integers were scrawled in luminous paint which glowed eerily in blacked-out towns.
From Time Magazine Archive
She put on an examined dressing gown and slippers, decorated her face, wrists and ankles with luminous paint, and placed her hands in those of an observer in the darkened room.
From Time Magazine Archive
A few years ago phosphorescent salts of barium and calcium were employed in the manufacture of what was known as luminous paint.
From The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. by Phin, John
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