0 producing or reflecting bright light, especially in the dark:
1 very beautiful:
2 producing or reflecting light, esp. in the dark:
The make-up refects light and gives the skin a luminous glow.
The fabric was impregnated with luminous paint which glowed as they marched.
I could see no stars, and only by a vague, luminous haze knew the presence of a moon.
Shinn's extraordinarily luminous paintings of theatrical productions
This is because such a motion would deliver less luminous impulses than a slow motion.
Furthermore, the fluorescent sources had conventional magnetic ballasts and therefore were subject to luminous flicker, whereas incandescent lamps do not flicker.
