| NOUN | attribute | luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, light | the quality of being luminous |
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| Meaning | The quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light. | |
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| Example | "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun" | |
| Synonyms | brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, light | |
| Attributes | bright | emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts |
| dull | emitting or reflecting very little light | |
| Narrower | illuminance, illumination | The luminous flux incident on a unit area |
| incandescence | light from heat | |
| luminescence, glow | light from nonthermal sources | |
| Broader | physical property | Any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions |
| Spanish | luminancia, luminosidad, luz | |
| Catalan | lluminositat, luminància | |
| Adjectives | luminous | softly bright or radiant |
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