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| 1. | radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright. |
| 2. | lighted up or illuminated; well-lighted: the luminous ballroom. |
| 3. | brilliant intellectually; enlightened or enlightening, as a writer or a writer's works: a luminous concept; luminous prose. |
| 4. | clear; readily intelligible: a concise, luminous report. |
lu·mi·nous (lōō'mə-nəs) adj.
[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. |
luminous lu·mi·nous (l&oomacr;'mə-nəs)
adj.
Emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light.