luminar

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English

Adjective

luminar (not comparable)

  1. Relating to light
    • 1848, John Bernhard Stallo, General Principles of the Philosophy of Nature:
      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 []
  2. Relating to lumens

Derived terms

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Romanian

Etymology

From French luminaire.

Noun

luminar n (plural luminare)

  1. lamp

Declension


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lumiˈnaɾ/ [lu.miˈnaɾ]

Noun

luminar m (plural luminares)

  1. shining star

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