luminous
Emitting light; glowing brightly; shining.
Other meanings
Brightly illuminated.
Clear; enlightening; easy to understand.
“a luminous explanation”
Related words
- luminousness
- nonluminous
- overluminous
- underluminous
- unluminous
- luminous energy
- luminous flux
- luminous intensity
- non-luminous
- radio-luminous
- self-luminous
- subluminous
Word history
From Latin "lūminōsus".
Where this comes from
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