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luminar

luminar adjective: relating to light.

Adjective

luminar (not comparable)

  1. Relating to light
    • Those who are familiar with the laws of interference, of the polarization of light, &c, know, that, according to the wave theory, the luminar vibrations are not longitudinal, like the vibrations of sound […]1848, John Bernhard Stallo, General Principles of the Philosophy of Nature
  2. Relating to lumens

Words formed from luminar

Questions about luminar

What does luminar mean?
Luminar means relating to light.
What part of speech is luminar?
Luminar is an adjective.

Words near luminar in the dictionary

  1. luminances
  2. luminant
  3. luminants
  4. luminaphone
  5. luminaphones
  6. luminar
  7. luminaria
  8. luminarias
  9. luminaries
  10. luminarium
  11. luminariums

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