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luminous paint

noun

  1. paint containing a phosphor that emits visible light when irradiated with ultraviolet light.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of luminous paint1

First recorded in 1885–90

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Example Sentences

Or, the photon may be retained for a while and emitted again relatively unchanged—the effect observed in luminous paint.

The luminous paint which has recently attracted so much attention is of the same nature.

They obtained a vigorous effect from Balmain's luminous paint, but when this was mixed in gelatin there was no external effect.

He had made it himself, and had ornamented it with a grotesque face in luminous paint.

He had fooled considerable with phosphorus, and had some of the luminous paint that he had mixed some time before.

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