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gleaming

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??li?m??/
  • Rhymes: -i?m??

Adjective

gleaming (comparative more gleaming, superlative most gleaming)

  1. Having a bright sheen.

Translations

Noun

gleaming (plural gleamings)

  1. A flash of reflected light.

Synonyms

  • shining, glowing, glinting

Translations

Verb

gleaming

  1. present participle of gleam

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luminous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French lumineus, from Latin l?min?sus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?lu?m?n?s/

Adjective

luminous (comparative more luminous, superlative most luminous)

  1. Emitting light; glowing brightly.
    Synonyms: beamful, shining, radiant; see also Thesaurus:shining
    • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 11, [1]
      The bonfire in his heart made luminous the rose-tan in his cheek.
  2. Brightly illuminated.
    Synonyms: lighted, lit up; see also Thesaurus:illuminated
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

  • luminosity

Related terms

  • illuminate

Translations

luminous From the web:

  • what luminous means
  • what luminous object
  • what luminous intensity
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  • what luminous flux
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  • what's luminous colors
  • what's luminous powder
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