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lu·mi·nous

(lo͞o′mə-nəs)

adj.

a. Emitting light, especially in the dark; shining.

b. Reflecting light; illuminated: "He watched a luminous cloud drifting up from the Gulf" (Tim Gautreaux). See Synonyms at bright.

2. Having a high degree of saturation: a luminous green.

a. Presented or perceived clearly or vividly: luminous memories.

b. Enlightened or intelligent: luminous ideas.

[Middle English, from Old French lumineux, from Latin lūminōsus, from lūmen, lūmin-, light; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]

lu′mi·nous·ly adv.

lu′mi·nous·ness n.

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luminous

(ˈluːmɪnəs)

adj

1. radiating or reflecting light; shining; glowing: luminous colours.

2. (not in technical use) exhibiting luminescence: luminous paint.

3. full of light; well-lit

4. (General Physics) (of a physical quantity in photometry) evaluated according to the visual sensation produced in an observer rather than by absolute energy measurements: luminous flux; luminous intensity. Compare radiant

5. easily understood; lucid; clear

6. enlightening or wise

[C15: from Latin lūminōsus full of light, from lūmen light]

ˈluminously adv

ˈluminousness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

lu•mi•nous

(ˈlu mə nəs)

adj.

1. radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.

2. lighted up or illuminated; well-lighted: the luminous ballroom.

3. brilliant intellectually; enlightened or enlightening.

4. clear; readily intelligible.

[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin lūminōsus]

lu′mi•nous•ly, adv.

lu′mi•nous•ness, n.

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Adj.

luminous - softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars"

aglow, lambent, lucent

bright - emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"

luminous

adjective

1. bright, lighted, lit, brilliant, shining, glowing, vivid, illuminated, radiant, resplendent, lustrous, luminescent The luminous dial on the clock showed five minutes to seven

2. clear, obvious, plain, evident, transparent, lucid, intelligible, perspicuous a remarkable woman with a luminous sense of responsibility.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

luminous

adjective

Giving off or reflecting light readily or in large amounts:

beamy, bright, brilliant, effulgent, incandescent, irradiant, lambent, lucent, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, shiny.

Translations

مُضيء

světélkujícísvítící

lysendeselvlysende

Leucht-...luminös

φωτεινός

luminoso

lumineux

világító

lÿsandi; sjálflÿsandi

luminoso chiaro fulgente

šviečiantisšviesos ryškumas

gaismas-spīdošs

luminoso

svetielkujúcisvietiaci

fosforluparlayan

发光的

luminous

[ˈluːmɪnəs] ADJ → luminoso

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

luminous

[ˈluːmɪnəs] adj [dial, star] → lumineux/euse

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

luminous

adj

→ leuchtend; glow → fluoreszierend; luminous paint/colour (Brit) or color (US) → Leuchtfarbe f; luminous dial → Leuchtzifferblatt nt; my watch is luminous → meine Uhr leuchtet im Dunkeln

(fig, liter) writings → brillant, luzid (liter)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

luminous

[ˈluːmɪnəs] adj → luminoso/a

luminous

(ˈluːminəs) adjective

giving out light; faintly shining so as to be visible in the dark. a luminous clock-face.

ˌlumiˈnosity (-ˈno-) noun

lu·mi·nous

a. luminoso-a, rel. a la luminosidad.

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Flora luminously considered; after which, with her little divine smile: "Because I don't like to frighten you!"

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"A white horse," continued the captain, who had just observed the color thrown luminously against the dark ground, "and he is mounted; it must be some boy whose horse is thirsty and has run away with him."

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She nursed him, she read to him, she anticipated his wants, and was solicitous about his feelings; but there had entered into the husband's mind the certainty that she judged him, and that her wifely devotedness was like a penitential expiation of unbelieving thoughts--was accompanied with a power of comparison by which himself and his doings were seen too luminously as a part of things in general.

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And in that pause in the uproar too, the sun rose, the dark waters became luminously blue, and a torrent of golden light irradiated the world.

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'Rani' a collection dedicated to his mom, HSY closed the three-day fashion extravaganza luminously. Men wore traditional black outfits and women set the ramp on fire with different cuts of deep reds.

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Pablo Pastells, SJ: "In order that politics may be discussed luminously and may produce results, it needs, in my opinion, large spheres of freedom." Rizal's opinion resonates in our time especially when these "large spheres of freedom" seem to be in danger.

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One finds the latest James Reid-Nadine Lustre starrer - directed by Antoinette Jadaone - a luminously quiet one and with some hesitation, you wonder how their fans will take this.

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Although it would have been easy to portray Isabel as an ice queen, Barbara Hannigan sang luminously and made the role all the more chilling by keeping everything on the scale of a believable, individual woman.

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