self-luminous

American  

[self loo-muhn-uhs] / ˈsɛlf ˈlu mən əs /

adjective

1. producing and emitting its own light, rather than reflecting light from another source.

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Other Word Forms

• self-luminosity noun

Example Sentences

What would we feel on its seething self-luminous surface, or immersed in its heart of nuclear fire?

From Literature

The earth itself is occasionally, if not always, self-luminous, as are other of the heavenly bodies.

From Project Gutenberg

These studies of radiation and internal condition of the stars again bring up the question of the original source of that supply of radiant energy continually squandered by all self-luminous bodies.

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The glow-worm, however, is self-luminous, as is shown by the fact that it emits light in the dark, the light itself being slightly coloured if compared with that of day.

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The diamond, especially when coloured, is highly phosphorescent, that is to say, after exposure to brilliant illumination it emits the rays which it has absorbed, and thus becomes self-luminous in the dark.

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