Associations to the word «Luminous»

Wiktionary

LUMINOUS, adjective. Emitting light; glowing brightly
LUMINOUS, adjective. Brightly illuminated
LUMINOUS ENERGIES, noun. Plural of luminous energy
LUMINOUS ENERGY, noun. (physics) The radiant energy of the visible portion of a spectrum of light
LUMINOUS FLUX, noun. In photometry, the measure of the power of light as perceived by the human eye, in proportion to the power at each wavelength.
LUMINOUS INTENSITY, noun. (physics) A measure of the power emitted by a source of light; equal to the flux density per solid angle

Dictionary definition

LUMINOUS, adjective. Softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.