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luminousness
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luminousness
(gcide) | luminousness \lu"mi*nous*ness\ n.
the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light.
Syn: luminosity, luminance, light.
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Luminousness
(gcide) | Luminous \Lu"mi*nous\, a. [L. luminosus, fr. lumen light: cf. F.
lumineux. See Luminary, Illuminate.]
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1. Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright;
as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color.
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Fire burneth wood, making it . . . luminous.
--Bacon.
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The mountains lift . . . their lofty and luminous
heads. --Longfellow.
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2. Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made
the room luminous.
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Up the staircase moved a luminous space in the
darkness. --Longfellow.
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3. Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a
luminous mind. " Luminous eloquence." --Macaulay. " A
luminous statement." --Brougham.
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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.
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Syn: Lucid; clear; shining; perspicuous.
[1913 Webster] -- Lu"mi*nous*ly, adv. --
Lu"mi*nous*ness, n.
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luminousness
(wn) | luminousness
n 1: the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting
light; "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our
sun" [syn: luminosity, brightness, brightness level,
luminance, luminousness, light] |
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voluminousness
(encz) | voluminousness,objemnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Luminousness
(gcide) | luminousness \lu"mi*nous*ness\ n.
the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light.
Syn: luminosity, luminance, light.
[WordNet 1.5]Luminous \Lu"mi*nous\, a. [L. luminosus, fr. lumen light: cf. F.
lumineux. See Luminary, Illuminate.]
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1. Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright;
as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color.
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Fire burneth wood, making it . . . luminous.
--Bacon.
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The mountains lift . . . their lofty and luminous
heads. --Longfellow.
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2. Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made
the room luminous.
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Up the staircase moved a luminous space in the
darkness. --Longfellow.
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3. Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a
luminous mind. " Luminous eloquence." --Macaulay. " A
luminous statement." --Brougham.
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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.
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Syn: Lucid; clear; shining; perspicuous.
[1913 Webster] -- Lu"mi*nous*ly, adv. --
Lu"mi*nous*ness, n.
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Voluminousness
(gcide) | Voluminous \Vo*lu"mi*nous\, a. [L. voluminosus: cf. F.
volumineux.]
Of or pertaining to volume or volumes. Specifically:
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(a) Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
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But ended foul in many a scaly fold,
Voluminous and vast. --Milton.
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Over which dusky draperies are hanging, and
voluminous curtains have long since fallen. --De
Quincey.
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(b) Of great volume, or bulk; large. --B. Jonson.
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(c) Consisting of many volumes or books; as, the collections
of Muratori are voluminous.
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(d) Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious;
diffuse; as, a voluminous writer.
[1913 Webster] -- Vo*lu"mi*nous*ly, adv. --
Vo*lu"mi*nous*ness, n.
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voluminousness
(wn) | voluminousness
n 1: greatness of volume [syn: fullness, voluminosity,
voluminousness] |
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