Definition of Luminants

1. luminant [n] - See also: luminant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Luminants

lumicolchicine
lumicolchicines
lumicrine
lumiflavin
lumiliximab
lumina
lumina gold
luminaire
luminaires
luminal
luminally
luminance
luminance unit
luminances
luminant
luminants (current term)
luminaria
luminarias
luminaries
luminary
luminate
lumination
luminations
lumine
lumined
lumines
luminesce
luminesced
luminescence
luminescences

Literary usage of Luminants

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Official Catalogue of Exhibitors (1915)
"Display of minerals, fuels, luminants. Santa Clara County. ... Mineral fuels and luminants. Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Diego counties. ..."

2. Elements of Chemistry by Rufus Phillips Williams (1898)
"The constituents may be divided into three classes, luminants, diluents, ... The luminants, or light-giving portions, consisting of hydrocarbons that are ..."

3. Inorganic Chemistry: With the Elements of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry by J[ohn] I[redelle] D[illard] Hinds (1902)
"The constituents may be classified into luminants, diluents, and impurities. These are present in average proportions about as follows: 1. ..."

4. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1899)
"... tunnels, towers, palaces and prisons or invent great searchlights and luminants of all grades from the lucifer match to the dazzling electric glare, ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1881)
"By this method a mixture containing carbonic acid, oxygen, il- luminants and carbonic oxide, can be analyzed in from 20 to 30 minutes, according to the ..."

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