English-Thai Dictionary

luminous

ADJ สว่าง  ช่วงโชติ  illuminated well-lighted dark sa-wang

 

luminous

ADJ หลักแหลม  เฉียบแหลม  ฉลาด มาก  bright intelligent stupid lak-leam

 

luminous

ADJ เข้าใจง่าย  แจ่มแจ้ง  ชัดแจ้ง  understandable perspicuous lucid clear obscure kao-jao-ngi

 

luminous

ADJ เปล่งแสง  ปล่อยแสง  สะท้อนแสง  กระจาย แสง  radiating shinning pleng-sang

 

luminously

ADV อย่างชัดแจ้ง  อย่าง แจ่มแจ้ง  clearly lucidly yang-chad-jeang

 

luminously

ADV อย่าง สุก สว่าง  อย่าง ช่วงโชติ  yang-suk-sa-wang

 

luminously

ADV อย่าง หลักแหลม  อย่าง เฉียบแหลม  intelligently brightly yang-lak-leam

 

luminously

ADV อย่าง เปล่งแสง  อย่าง สะท้อนแสง  yang-pleng-sang

 

luminousness

N ความ เปล่งแสง  ความแจ่ม ใจ  ความ ฉลาด หลักแหลม 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LUMINOUS

a.[L. luminosus.] 1. Shining; emitting light. The sun is a most luminous body.
2. Light; illuminated. The moon is rendered luminous by the rays of the sun.
3. Bright; shining; as a luminous color.
4. Clear; as a luminous essay or argument.

 

LUMINOUSLY

adv. With brightness or clearness.

 

LUMINOUSNESS

n. 1. The quality of being bright or shining; brightness; as the luminousness of the sea.
2. Clearness; perspicuity; as the luminousness of ideas, arguments or method.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

luminous

lu mi nous |ˈlo͞omənəs ˈlumənəs | ▶adjective full of or shedding light; bright or shining, esp. in the dark: the luminous dial on his watch | a luminous glow | figurative : her eyes were luminous with joy. • (of a color ) very bright; harsh to the eye: he wore luminous green socks. • Physics relating to light as it is perceived by the eye, rather than in terms of its actual energy. DERIVATIVES lu mi nous ly adverb, lu mi nous ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French lumineux or Latin luminosus, from lumen, lumin- ‘light. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

luminous

luminous |ˈluːmɪnəs | ▶adjective giving off light; bright or shining: the luminous dial on his watch | a luminous glow | figurative : her eyes were luminous with joy. • very bright in colour; lurid: he wore luminous green socks. • Physics relating to light as it is perceived by the eye, rather than in terms of its actual energy. DERIVATIVES luminously adverb, luminousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French lumineux or Latin luminosus, from lumen, lumin- ‘light ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

luminous

luminous adjective the luminous face of the alarm clock: shining, bright, brilliant, radiant, dazzling, glowing, gleaming, scintillating, lustrous; luminescent, phosphorescent, fluorescent, incandescent. ANTONYMS dark. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See bright . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

luminous

luminous adjective a cluster of luminous stars | he checked the luminous dial on his alarm clock: shining, bright, brilliant, radiant, dazzling, glowing, gleaming, scintillating, lustrous, luminescent, phosphorescent, incandescent; vivid, intense, resplendent; lighted, lit, illuminated; literary lambent, lucent; rare coruscating, refulgent, effulgent, candescent, luminiferous. ANTONYMS dark.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

luminous

lu mi nous /lúːmɪnəs /形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 (暗い所で )発光する, 夜光の ; «…で » 輝いた «with » .2 (色が )明るい, 派手な .3 明快な, わかりやすい 〈文章など 〉.～ly 副詞