Luminosity
[luːmɪ'nɒsətɪ] or [,lʊmə'nɑsəti]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light; 'its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun'.
Checker: Tanya--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being luminous; luminousness.
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Examples
- Again the moon shone with faint luminosity on his white wet figure, on the stooping back and the rounded loins. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- For a long time, the only gas flame used was that in which the luminosity resulted in heating particles of carbon to incandescence. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Typed by Cedric