Active Duty and Reserve Applicants. The United States Naval Academy offers an outstanding opportunity for qualified enlisted members of the regular Navy, Naval Reserves, Marine Corps, and other armed forces to embark on careers as officers in the U.S. Navy or U.S. Marine Corps. Regular and Reserve Navy and Marine Corps service members compete for 170 appointments.
Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: 1  illuminate(Noun) Someone thought to have an unusual degree of enlightenment. 2  illuminate(Verb) to shine light on something. 3  illuminate(Verb) to decorate something with lights. 4  illuminate(Verb) to clarify or make something understandable.
luminous. adj. 1. radiating or reflecting light; shining; glowing: luminous colours. 2. (not in technical use) exhibiting luminescence: luminous paint. 3. full of light; well-lit. 4. (General Physics) (of a physical quantity in photometry) evaluated according to the visual sensation produced in an observer rather than by absolute energy measurements Compare radiant: luminous flux; luminous intensity.