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Definition of Light upon
1. Verb. Find unexpectedly. "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
Generic synonyms: Find, Regain
Derivative terms: Discovery, Discovery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Light Upon
Literary usage of Light upon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Experimental Morphology by Charles Benedict Davenport (1899)
"EFFECT OF light upon THE DIRECTION OF GROWTH — PHOTOTROPISM * Under this topic
will be ... light upon ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"PHOTOENGRAVING, a general term covering various processes 'by which the action
of light upon suitably sensitive surfaces is made to yield plates from which ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1866)
"On the Action of light upon Sulphide of Lead, and its bearing upon the ...
A number of experiments was then tried as to the action of light upon sulphide of ..."
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