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lumina

lumina is the plural of lumen.

Meaning of lumen

Noun

lumen (plural lumens or lumina)

  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm.
  2. The cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ.
  3. The cavity bounded by a plant cell wall.
  4. The bore of a tube such as a hollow needle or catheter.

Proper noun capitalized: Lumina

Lumina

  1. A village and commune of Constanța County, Romania.

Forms of lumina

alternative formlumens

Origin of lumina

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Lumina.

Questions about lumina

What does lumina mean?
Lumina means a village and commune of Constanța County, Romania.
What is lumina the plural of?
Lumina is the plural of lumen.
What part of speech is lumina?
Lumina is a proper noun.

Words near lumina in the dictionary

  1. lumichrome
  2. lumicitabine
  3. lumicrine
  4. lumiflavin
  5. lumiliximab
  6. lumina
  7. luminacin
  8. luminacins
  9. luminaire
  10. luminaires
  11. luminal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lumina (page history and authors); Lumina (page history and authors); lumen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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