luminous body

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Over the years she has created a luminous body of work, crafting art out of reflective materials such as cast resin, fiberglass, plastic and coated glass.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2022

We will further suppose that the small dots surrounding the luminous body represent the aetherial atoms forming the envelope, which transmit the impulse or energy received from the atomic vibrations of the luminous body.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George

A may represent a part of any luminous body, as the sun or star, while B C and B' C' represent a segment of the aetherial envelopes already referred to, which exist around the sun.

From Aether and Gravitation by Hooper, William George

From this highest Being proceeds by a physical necessity, as light from a luminous body or water from an overflowing spring, a second hypostasis or substance, the nous or Reason.

From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac

A luminous body is supposed to have its atoms, or molecules, in a state of intense vibration.

From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John