Luminous
adjective
Giving off light or bright.
The moon was especially luminous tonight.
Often appears as...
- luminous glow
- luminous light
adjective
Clear, easy to understand or think about.
Her explanation of the theory was luminous and insightful.
Often appears as...
- luminous explanation
- luminous clarity
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Academic
adjective
Having a healthy, glowing appearance.
She has a luminous complexion.
Often appears as...
- luminous complexion
- luminous skin
adjective
Giving off light or bright.
The moon was especially luminous tonight.
Often appears as...
- luminous glow
- luminous light
adjective
Clear, easy to understand or think about.
Her explanation of the theory was luminous and insightful.
Often appears as...
- luminous explanation
- luminous clarity
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Having a healthy, glowing appearance.
She has a luminous complexion.
Often appears as...
- luminous complexion
- luminous skin
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Pro Tip 1/3Visual Brightness
Use 'luminous' to describe things that literally give off light or seem bright.
The luminous stars guided our way.
Pro Tip 2/3Highlight Importance
Things described as 'luminous' can seem important or demand attention.
Her luminous presence at the event couldn't be ignored.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
'Luminous' can be used metaphorically to describe something that stands out for its brilliance.
He wore a luminous smile that lit up the room.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Brightness
Use 'luminous' to describe things that literally give off light or seem bright.
The luminous stars guided our way.
Pro Tip 2/3Highlight Importance
Things described as 'luminous' can seem important or demand attention.
Her luminous presence at the event couldn't be ignored.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
'Luminous' can be used metaphorically to describe something that stands out for its brilliance.
He wore a luminous smile that lit up the room.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Brightness
Use 'luminous' to describe things that literally give off light or seem bright.
The luminous stars guided our way.
Pro Tip 2/3Highlight Importance
Things described as 'luminous' can seem important or demand attention.
Her luminous presence at the event couldn't be ignored.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
'Luminous' can be used metaphorically to describe something that stands out for its brilliance.
He wore a luminous smile that lit up the room.
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Adventures of an...
It was designed to orbit the earth and look far beyond our solar system to seek out the coldest stars and the most luminous galaxies. And it did that very well for its designed lifetime of seven months. But today, six years later, it's still going. We've repurposed it to discover and study asteroids.
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Deep Sea Anglerfish Sex...
This is what they're most famed for. They have this luminous lure that hangs over the top of their head, which is really characteristic and it's basically this fleshy lump which has lots of bacteria in it, which is able to illuminate and then that attracts in all their prey and they're able to
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What almost dying taught...
because she's the most luminous, curious person I've ever met. I asked her what she wants to do next and she said, "I want to go to college and travel and eat weird foods like octopus that I've never tasted before and come visit you in New York and go camping, but I'm scared of bugs,
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Light seconds, light...
we can calculate their luminosity by measuring the period of this cycle, with more luminous stars changing more slowly. By comparing the light we observe from these stars to the intrinsic brightness we've calculated this way, we can tell how far away they are.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein...
it gravitates just like visible matter does so what we call visible matter or luminous matter like the stuff like everyday life right but it doesn't seem to interact through any of the other forces right so it interacts through gravity but we have not so far
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Why should you read Kurt...
Tralfamadorians, the aliens who crop up in many of his books, see all moments at once. They “can see where each star has been and where it is going, so that the heavens are filled with rarefied, luminous spaghetti.” But although they can see all of time,
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Sylvia Earle: How to...
filled with luminous creatures, living in dark waters that average two miles deep. They flash, and sparkle, and glow with their own living light. There are still places in the sea as pristine as I knew as a child.
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Sara Lewis: The loves...
all blinking together in stunning synchrony. These luminous landscapes still fill me with wonder, and they keep me connected to the magic of the natural world. And I find it amazing that they're created
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Bermuda PIPE Exploring...
currents up back whales pass through these waters each year migrating from polar feeding grounds these waters are also known to legions of luminous deep-sea creatures and
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How We Could Solve the...
When we look at the night sky, we see a vast cosmos filled with stars and galaxies and dust, a cosmos teeming with luminous phenomena.
Video examples
Adventures of an...
It was designed to orbit the earth and look far beyond our solar system to seek out the coldest stars and the most luminous galaxies. And it did that very well for its designed lifetime of seven months. But today, six years later, it's still going. We've repurposed it to discover and study asteroids.
Video examples
Deep Sea Anglerfish Sex...
This is what they're most famed for. They have this luminous lure that hangs over the top of their head, which is really characteristic and it's basically this fleshy lump which has lots of bacteria in it, which is able to illuminate and then that attracts in all their prey and they're able to
Video examples
What almost dying taught...
because she's the most luminous, curious person I've ever met. I asked her what she wants to do next and she said, "I want to go to college and travel and eat weird foods like octopus that I've never tasted before and come visit you in New York and go camping, but I'm scared of bugs,
Video examples
Light seconds, light...
we can calculate their luminosity by measuring the period of this cycle, with more luminous stars changing more slowly. By comparing the light we observe from these stars to the intrinsic brightness we've calculated this way, we can tell how far away they are.
Video examples
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein...
it gravitates just like visible matter does so what we call visible matter or luminous matter like the stuff like everyday life right but it doesn't seem to interact through any of the other forces right so it interacts through gravity but we have not so far
Video examples
Why should you read Kurt...
Tralfamadorians, the aliens who crop up in many of his books, see all moments at once. They “can see where each star has been and where it is going, so that the heavens are filled with rarefied, luminous spaghetti.” But although they can see all of time,
Video examples
Sylvia Earle: How to...
filled with luminous creatures, living in dark waters that average two miles deep. They flash, and sparkle, and glow with their own living light. There are still places in the sea as pristine as I knew as a child.
Video examples
Sara Lewis: The loves...
all blinking together in stunning synchrony. These luminous landscapes still fill me with wonder, and they keep me connected to the magic of the natural world. And I find it amazing that they're created
Video examples
Bermuda PIPE Exploring...
currents up back whales pass through these waters each year migrating from polar feeding grounds these waters are also known to legions of luminous deep-sea creatures and
Video examples
How We Could Solve the...
When we look at the night sky, we see a vast cosmos filled with stars and galaxies and dust, a cosmos teeming with luminous phenomena.
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Quote examples
Tana French
Irish Novelist
Donna Tartt blows me away - that impeccable writing, so rich you could eat it and so luminous that it lights up the whole room, and the way she brings her characters to life so completely and in such fine detail that you know them as intimately as your dearest friends.
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Rebecca Harding Davis
American Author
It is a good rule never to see or talk to the man whose words have wrung your heart, or helped it, just as it is wise not to look down too closely at the luminous glow which sometimes shines on your path on a summer night, if you would not see the ugly worm below.
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Lucy Larcom
American Poet
Every phase of our life belongs to us. The moon does not, except in appearance, lose her first thin, luminous curve, nor her silvery crescent, in rounding to her full. The woman is still both child and girl, in the completeness of womanly character.
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Hans Hofmann
German Artist
My aim in painting is to create pulsating, luminous, and open surfaces that emanate a mystic light, in accordance with my deepest insight into the experience of life and nature.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
Strange to say, the luminous world is the invisible world; the luminous world is that which we do not see. Our eyes of flesh see only night.
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Anat Cohen
American Musician
To me, music is a luminous experience. Whenever I'm immersed in it, life lights up for me, no matter what else is going on.
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Nikos Kazantzakis
Greek Writer
We come from a dark abyss, we end in a dark abyss, and we call the luminous interval life.
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Ethel Barrymore
American Actress
The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage.
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Isadora Duncan
American Dancer
The dancer's body is simply the luminous manifestation of the soul.
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Robert Delaunay
French Artist
Painting is by nature a luminous language.
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Tana French
Irish Novelist
Donna Tartt blows me away - that impeccable writing, so rich you could eat it and so luminous that it lights up the whole room, and the way she brings her characters to life so completely and in such fine detail that you know them as intimately as your dearest friends.
Quote examples
Rebecca Harding Davis
American Author
It is a good rule never to see or talk to the man whose words have wrung your heart, or helped it, just as it is wise not to look down too closely at the luminous glow which sometimes shines on your path on a summer night, if you would not see the ugly worm below.
Quote examples
Lucy Larcom
American Poet
Every phase of our life belongs to us. The moon does not, except in appearance, lose her first thin, luminous curve, nor her silvery crescent, in rounding to her full. The woman is still both child and girl, in the completeness of womanly character.
Quote examples
Hans Hofmann
German Artist
My aim in painting is to create pulsating, luminous, and open surfaces that emanate a mystic light, in accordance with my deepest insight into the experience of life and nature.
Quote examples
Victor Hugo
French Author
Strange to say, the luminous world is the invisible world; the luminous world is that which we do not see. Our eyes of flesh see only night.
Quote examples
Anat Cohen
American Musician
To me, music is a luminous experience. Whenever I'm immersed in it, life lights up for me, no matter what else is going on.
Quote examples
Nikos Kazantzakis
Greek Writer
We come from a dark abyss, we end in a dark abyss, and we call the luminous interval life.
Quote examples
Ethel Barrymore
American Actress
The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage.
Quote examples
Isadora Duncan
American Dancer
The dancer's body is simply the luminous manifestation of the soul.
Quote examples
Robert Delaunay
French Artist
Painting is by nature a luminous language.
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