luminosity

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being luminous; luminousness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

light brightness luminance radiance sparkle daylight illumination glow glare lightness gleam brilliance luminescence effulgence refulgence
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Antonyms

black dark shadow darkness shade latency
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Hypernyms

physical property

Hyponyms

illumination glow incandescence luminescence illuminance

Phrases with the word

mass-luminosity law spectrum-luminosity diagram high-luminosity low-luminosity brilliant luminosity solar luminosity

Examples

Certein bodies... become luminous when heated. Their luminosity disappears after some time, but the capacity of becoming luminous afresh through heat is restored to them by the action of a spark, and also by the action of radium. Marie Curie

I believe that there is luminosity hiding in the shadow of the mundane. And things that hover at the periphery of our vision. If that's magic, then I believe in it. Natasha Mostert

I like light, color, luminosity. I like things full of color and vibrant. Oscar de la Renta

The perceptions of middle age have their own luminosity. Gail Sheehy

No matter how long the room has been dark, an hour or a million years, the moment the lamp of awareness is lit the entire room becomes luminous. You are that luminosity. You are that clear light. Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

luminophore luminopsin luminoscope luminosity distance luminosity function luminotherapy