luminous

luminous
adjective
1) (bright) hell [Feuer, Licht usw.]; [hell] leuchtend; Leucht[anzeige, -zeiger usw.]

luminous paint — Leuchtfarbe, die

2) (of light) Leucht[kraft, -stärke usw.]
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['lu:minəs]
adjective
(giving out light; faintly shining so as to be visible in the dark: a luminous clock-face.) Leucht-...
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lu·mi·nous
[ˈlu:mɪnəs, AM ˈlu:mə-]
adj
1. (bright) leuchtend a. fig, strahlend a. fig
her eyes were \luminous with merriment ihre Augen strahlten vor Glück
2. (phosphorescent) phosphoreszierend, Leucht-
\luminous hand Leuchtzeiger m
\luminous paint Leuchtfarbe f
3. (brilliant) genial, brillant, glänzend fig
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['luːmɪnəs]
adj
1) leuchtend; glow fluoreszierend

or color (US) — Leuchtfarbe f

luminous dial — Leuchtzifferblatt nt

my watch is luminous — meine Uhr leuchtet im Dunkeln

2) (fig, liter) writings brillant, luzid (liter)
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luminous [ˈluːmınəs] adj (adv luminously)
1. leuchtend, strahlend, Leucht…:
luminous dial Leuchtzifferblatt n;
luminous energy PHYS
a) Licht-, Strahlungsenergie f,
b) Leuchtkraft f;
luminous flux PHYS Lichtstrom m;
luminous paint Leuchtfarbe f; → cone A 1
2. hell erleuchtet (Saal etc)
3. fig glänzend (Zukunft etc)
4. fig
a) intelligent, brillant:
a luminous mind ein klarer Verstand
b) klar, einleuchtend (Ideen etc)
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adjective
1) (bright) hell [Feuer, Licht usw.]; [hell] leuchtend; Leucht[anzeige, -zeiger usw.]

luminous paint — Leuchtfarbe, die

2) (of light) Leucht[kraft, -stärke usw.]
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adj.
leuchtend adj.

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