as in brightness
the quality or state of having or giving off light
the luminosity of the fireflies made for an enchanting nighttime show
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Recent Examples of luminosity
Made up for the favorites, expect the Miracle Eye Contour Cream, the brand-new Golden Glow Gradual Tan Face Serum, the Golden Glow Gradual Tan, and the Tan Accelerating Lotion prep and add luminosity to the skin for the party season ahead.
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Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Enriched with a brightening serum and vitamin C, the tropical citrus body wash is part of how Tookes’ maintains her skin’s luminosity.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 2 June 2025
The energy and luminosity of an ENT boggles the mind.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 June 2025
This freedom of expression lends every canvas with a luminosity and energy that leaves a lasting impression.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Enriched with a brightening serum and vitamin C, the tropical citrus body wash is part of how Tookes’ maintains her skin’s luminosity.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 2 June 2025
The energy and luminosity of an ENT boggles the mind.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 4 June 2025
This freedom of expression lends every canvas with a luminosity and energy that leaves a lasting impression.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for luminosity
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This is equivalent to a quadrupling of sky brightness over the duration of a human childhood (18 years).—
Laurie Winkless,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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The team also compared the surface brightness of TOI 1227 with models of stellar evolution.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
18 July 2025
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Pinnacle of splendor On Sunday morning, April 27, Venus comes up in total darkness while shining at its greatest brilliancy (magnitude –4.7).—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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So, astronomers have come up with a compromise regarding the geometry of the sun's illumination angle on Venus' disk versus its distance from Earth to determine the time of Venus' greatest brilliancy.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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After thinking of it as a separate musical idea, Moody realized that the character’s endless curiosity and moments of brilliance were at his heart.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
25 July 2025
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Yet, individual brilliance means little without collaboration.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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Has more of that Innocent Man lightness and exuberance than most of the stuff on his later records, and benefits from it.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Vulture,
18 July 2025
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Gaura: With its wispy, butterfly-like blossoms, gaura adds lightness and motion to garden beds.—
Lauren Dunec Hoang,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 July 2025
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“Luminosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luminosity. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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