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luminous paint
noun
paint containing a phosphor that emits visible light when irradiated with ultraviolet light.
Word History and Origins
Origin of luminous paint1
Example Sentences
To cover the holes in the roof, remembers Wendy Newsome, who danced at almost all the parties, “they’d stick big sheets up covered with luminous paint”.
The young women sat in rows, heads bent, painting numbers on paper watch and clock faces with luminous paint.
The birds I saw were mostly unidentifiable streaks of light, like thin retinal scratches or splashes of luminous paint on a dark ground.
The abstract composition materialized from luminous paint falling to the surface.
You may be carrying a tiny trace of promethium now because it has been used in the luminous paint on some watches.
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