Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Latin plural of
lustrum .
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- noun Plural form of
lustrum .
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Examples
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Lugesin juttu «Mirror, Mirror, Off the Wall» kõigepealt poolakeelse ajakirja «Fantastyka» 1989. aasta juulinumbris, kus see kandis pealkirja «Moggropple po tamtej stronie lustra».
John Morressy «Mirror, Mirror, Off the Wall» Ulmeguru 2008
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Corvorum, ferarum, aprorum et bestiarum lustra, like so many wildernesses, a receptacle of wild beasts.
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But that, for the sake of assisting their memory, men number among themselves years and months; that of these, they form lustra and olympiads; that they keep stated days; this I say, is peculiar to civil polity.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996
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_Concentrated nitric acid_ attacks the natural silks powerfully in the cold; the lustra-celluloses dissolve on heating.
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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The industry in 'artificial silks' or 'lustra-celluloses,' by the collodion processes also, whilst presenting features of unusual interest attaching to rapid expansion, has been barren of contribution of fundamental scientific or technical importance.
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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The China silk was dissolved by this reagent; Tussah silk and the lustra-celluloses entirely resisted its action.
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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_Millon's reagent_, at the boiling solution, colours the natural silks violet: the lustra-celluloses give no reaction.
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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The author remarks that though it has a certain interest to have succeeded in making a thread from this compound and thus adding another to the processes existing for this purpose, he is not of opinion that it shows any advance on the lustra-cellulose (2) and (3).
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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CrO_ {3} -- solution dissolves both the natural silks and the lustra-celluloses at the boiling temperature of the solution.
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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In this reagent also the China silk dissolved, and the Tussah silk as well as the lustra-celluloses underwent no appreciable change.
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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