[ adj ] emitting light not caused by heat <adj.all>
Luminescent \Lu`mi*nes"cent\, a. [L. luminare to illuminate + -escent.] (Physics) Shining with a light due to any of the various causes which produce luminescence. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The set, which resembles a large loft with luminescent skylights, was created by the eclectic designer Eugene Lee, who does the sets for "Saturday Night Live."
She sat directly beneath a skylight, which made her cornsilk hair and milkwhite skin seem luminescent.
Here women sit beside the piles of dye of pure, almost luminescent red, orange and yellow, while next to them may be cauliflower or egg sellers or street barbers. And there is food for sale everywhere.