Usually means: Emitting or transmitting light; glowing.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word luminiferous:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. luminiferous: Merriam-Webster
  2. luminiferous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. luminiferous: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. luminiferous: Collins English Dictionary
  5. luminiferous: Wordnik
  6. luminiferous: Wiktionary
  7. luminiferous: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. luminiferous: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. luminiferous: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. luminiferous: Dictionary.com
  11. Luminiferous (album), Luminiferous: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Luminiferous: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. luminiferous: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Luminiferous: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. luminiferous: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. luminiferous: FreeDictionary.org
  17. luminiferous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. luminiferous: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. luminiferous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Luminiferous: MedFriendly Glossary
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. luminiferous: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (luminiferous)

▸ adjective:  Producing or transmitting light; luminous.

Similar:
luciferous, luminometric, luminar, luminographic, luminometrical, sonoluminescent, luminal, triboluminescent, irradiant, lucernal, more...

Opposite:
non-luminiferous, dark, dull, unilluminated

Phrases:
luminiferous ether, luminiferous aether, more...

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Similar:
luciferous, luminometric, luminar, luminographic, luminometrical, sonoluminescent, luminal, triboluminescent, irradiant, lucernal, more...

Opposite:
non-luminiferous, dark, dull, unilluminated

Phrases:
luminiferous ether, luminiferous aether, more...



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