'Luminousness' definitions:
Definition of 'luminousness'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
Definition of 'Luminousness'
From: GCIDE
- Luminous \Lu"mi*nous\, a. [L. luminosus, fr. lumen light: cf. F. lumineux. See Luminary, Illuminate.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color. [1913 Webster]
- Fire burneth wood, making it . . . luminous. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- The mountains lift . . . their lofty and luminous heads. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous. [1913 Webster]
- Up the staircase moved a luminous space in the darkness. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind. " Luminous eloquence." --Macaulay. " A luminous statement." --Brougham. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Lucid; clear; shining; perspicuous. [1913 Webster] -- {Lu"mi*nous*ly}, adv. -- {Lu"mi*nous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'luminousness'
From: GCIDE
- luminousness \lu"mi*nous*ness\ n. the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light.
- Syn: luminosity, luminance, light. [WordNet 1.5]