LUMINIFEROUS
Lu`mi*nif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. lumen light + -ferous.]
Defn: Producing light; yielding light; transmitting light; as, the luminiferous ether.
LUMINOSITY
Lu`mi*nos"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being luminous; luminousness.
LUMINOUS
Lu"mi*nous, a. Etym: [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.
LUMMOX
Lum"mox, n.