Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Giving off light; luminous.
- adjective Translucent; clear.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bright; shining; lustrous; resplendent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Shining; bright; resplendent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Emitting light;
shining ,luminous . - adjective
Translucent ;clear ,lucid .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective softly bright or radiant
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The word lucent means ‘glowing with light’ and ‘marked by clarity.’
MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997
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The word lucent means ‘glowing with light’ and ‘marked by clarity.’
MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997
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The word lucent means ‘glowing with light’ and ‘marked by clarity.’
MARKETING AESTHETICS BERND SCHMITT 1997
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Each body bag has this kind of lucent quality, not quite see-through while at the same time not entirely filled in.
You've Been Warned Patterson, James, 1947- 2007
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Wonder if – given the lower and lower mkt caps out there now … HP might even want to look at someone like Juniper or alcatel-lucent … to get more head on
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The near eye is overflowing with tears -- you can see the brim, lucent on the lower lid.
James Elkins: How Long Does it Take To Look at a Painting? James Elkins 2010
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The near eye is overflowing with tears -- you can see the brim, lucent on the lower lid.
James Elkins: How Long Does it Take To Look at a Painting? James Elkins 2010
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There were pressing details to attend to, such as settling with Trans - lucent, who would not be pleased, but who surely would rec - ognize the effectiveness of Purple's actions.
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As the plane dipped beneath the layers of lucent haze, my heart sank with it.
Unspoken Bonds 2010
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Why go outside when you can commune directly with the lucent dead?
Why Go Outside? 2010
brtom commented on the word lucent
... the Sun's lucent Orbe ...
Milton, Paradise Lost III
December 20, 2006