luminosity

Example Sentences

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She settles for a simple, repeated refrain of “it’s euphoric,” giving that last word a prismatic luminosity.

From New York Times

He delicately brushed extremely thin layers of paint over neutral gray or sandy grounds, achieving a level of shimmering luminosity that no other painter could match.

From Washington Post

Seurat’s atmospheric drawings of people and places using hard, waxy Conté crayon coax luminosity from smoky darkness.

From Los Angeles Times

The intensity and luminosity of colors can also vary depending on other factors, like the pH of the wine and its level of acidity.

From New York Times

They do glow faintly in Hawking radiation, but their luminosity is lower than a mini light bulb of 0.1 watt for masses above a millionth of the mass of the moon.

From Scientific American