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superluminous

superluminous adjective: of high luminosity.

Adjective

superluminous (not comparable)

  1. Of high luminosity
    1. Having a very high luminosity

Forms of superluminous

alternative formsuper-luminous

Origin of superluminous

From super- + luminous.

Words formed from superluminous

Phrases with superluminous

Questions about superluminous

What does superluminous mean?
Superluminous means of high luminosity.
What part of speech is superluminous?
Superluminous is an adjective.

Words near superluminous in the dictionary

  1. superluminally
  2. superluminary
  3. superluminescence
  4. superluminescent
  5. superluminosity
  6. superluminous
  7. superluminous spiral galaxies
  8. superluminous spiral galaxy
  9. superlunar
  10. superlunary
  11. superluxe

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