luminousness
41luminous — /ˈlumənəs / (say loohmuhnuhs) adjective 1. radiating or reflecting light; shining. 2. lighted up or illuminated; well lighted. 3. brilliant intellectually; enlightening, as a writer or writings. 4. clear; readily intelligible. {Middle English… …
42luster — [n] gloss, shine afterglow, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, burnish, candescence, dazzle, effulgence, glaze, gleam, glint, glitter, glow, incandescence, iridescence, lambency, luminousness, opalescence, polish, radiance, refulgence,… …
43luminous — [lo͞o′mə nəs] adj. [ME < L luminosus < lumen, LIGHT1] 1. giving off light; shining; bright 2. filled with light; illuminated 3. glowing in the dark, as paint with a phosphor in it 4. clear; readily understood 5. inte …
44illuminance — noun the luminous flux incident on a unit area • Syn: ↑illumination • Derivationally related forms: ↑illuminate (for: ↑illumination) • Hypernyms: ↑luminosity, ↑ …
45illumination — noun 1. a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination (Freq. 2) follow God s light • Syn: ↑light • Hypernyms: ↑condition, ↑status 2. the degree of visibility of your environment …
46incandescence — noun 1. the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised • Syn: ↑glow • Derivationally related forms: ↑glow (for: ↑glow), ↑incandescent, ↑incandesce …
47luminous — adj. 1 full of or shedding light; radiant, bright, shining. 2 phosphorescent, visible in darkness (luminous paint). 3 (esp. of a writer or a writer s work) throwing light on a subject. 4 of visible radiation (luminous intensity). Derivatives:… …
48physical property — noun any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑property • Hyponyms: ↑absorptivity, ↑absorption factor, ↑dissolubility, ↑solubleness, ↑ …
