self-luminous

1. 1.

   having in itself the property of emitting light

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Questions about self-luminous

What does self-luminous mean?

self-luminous means "having in itself the property of emitting light".

How many syllables are in self-luminous?

self-luminous has 4 syllables and divides as sel-f-lu-mi-nous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is self-luminous a common word?

self-luminous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.