luminescent

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  1. adjective Capable of, suitable for, or exhibiting luminescence.

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  • She shook it vigorously, stirring the contents like a luminescent cocktail, and was rewarded when the light returned to normal. —  Flinx In Flux
  • He was surprised how difficult it was to speak steadily. —  A Funeral In Blue
  • He poked at the luminescent, hov-ering representation of what in ancient times would have been called the battlefield, his finger tracing one particular topo-graphical feature until it came to rest among several pin-points of blue light. —  The False Mirror
  • The thatched roofs had been completely consumed and the helicopter emerged as a black skeleton from behind the smoke, but the spurting oil would burn for days ... continue its roar as occasional gusts of desert breeze shifted thick smoke to give fleeting glimpses of a fragmented derrick gone luminescent orange within the holocaust. —  From This Beloved Hour
  • He opened another set of eyes; everything around him glowed softly, each object clearly delineated in its own faintly-luminescent aura. —  The Chrome Borne
 

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  1. Latin lūmen, lūmin-, light; see lumen + -escent.

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  1. from Latin luminare, shine, + -escent.
 

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/ljumɪˈnɛsənt/
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