Usually means: Emitting or reflecting light; glowing.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word luminous:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. luminous: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. luminous: Merriam-Webster
  3. luminous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. luminous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. luminous: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Luminous, luminous: Wordnik
  7. luminous: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. luminous: Wiktionary
  9. luminous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. luminous: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. luminous: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. luminous: Dictionary.com
  13. luminous: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. luminous: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Luminous (ClariS song), Luminous (The Horrors album), Luminous (book), Luminous (story collection), Luminous: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Luminous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. luminous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. luminous: Rhymezone
  19. luminous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. luminous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. luminous: FreeDictionary.org
  22. luminous: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. luminous: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. luminous: Vocabulary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. luminous: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. luminous: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. luminous: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. luminous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. luminous: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Luminous: Extragalactic Astronomy

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. luminous: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. luminous: Lighting Design Glossary
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

(Note: See luminously as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Emitting light; glowing brightly; shining.
adjective:  Brightly illuminated.
adjective:  Clear; enlightening; easy to understand.

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