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Definition of Luminously

Luminously
Luminous Lu"mi*nous, a. [L. luminosus, fr. lumen light: cf. F. lumineux. See Luminary, Illuminate.] 1. Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color. Fire burneth wood, making it . . . luminous. --Bacon. The mountains lift . . . their lofty and luminous heads. --Longfellow. 2. Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous. Up the staircase moved a luminous space in the darkness. --Longfellow. 3. Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind. `` Luminous eloquence.' --Macaulay. `` A luminous statement.' --Brougham. Luminous paint, a paint made up with some phosphorescent substance, as sulphide of calcium, which after exposure to a strong light is luminous in the dark for a time. Syn: Lucid; clear; shining; perspicuous. -- Lu"mi*nous*ly, adv. -- Lu"mi*nous*ness, n.

Meaning of Luminously from wikipedia

- Look up luminous in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Luminous may refer to: Luminous (group), a South Korean boy band Luminous (EP), a 2004 EP by Cesium_137...
- In photometry, luminous flux or luminous power[citation needed] is the measure of the perceived power of light. It differs from radiant flux, the measure...
- Luminous efficacy is a measure of how well a light source produces visible light. It is the ratio of luminous flux to power, measured in lumens per watt...
- In photometry, luminous intensity is a measure of the wavelength-weighted power emitted by a light source in a particular direction per unit solid angle...
- Luminous (Korean: 루미너스; RR: Rumineoseu, stylized in all caps) was a South Korean Korean boy band formed and managed by SE Group Entertainment (formerly...
- Luminous Productions Co., Ltd. (株式会社ルミナス・プロダクション, Kabushiki gaisha Ruminasu Purodakushon) was a ****anese video game development studio and a subsidiary...
- Luminous is a collection of short science fiction stories by Greg Egan first published in 1998 by Millenium. Luminous contains the following short stories:...
- Luminous Engine (ルミナス・エンジン, Ruminasu Enjin), originally called Luminous Studio (ルミナス・スタジオ, Ruminasu Sutajio), is a multi-platform game engine developed...
- unit of luminous flux, a measure of the perceived power of visible light emitted by a source, in the International System of Units (SI). Luminous flux differs...
- acquiring vidyā (knowledge) of one's true identity as Atman/Brahman, self-luminous (svayam prakāśa) awareness or Witness-consciousness. This knowledge is...