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luminiferous

/loo-muh-nif-er-uhs/US // ˌlu məˈnɪf ər əs //

发光的,发光,发光性,发光体

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : producing light: the luminiferous properties of a gas.

Examples

  • But if the luminiferous ether is not matter, and fluid matter too, what is the meaning of its undulations?

  • This represents a particle of the luminiferous ether, moving at the greatest speed when it is at the middle position.

  • One thing we are sure of, and that is the reality and substantiality of the luminiferous ether.

  • Comets make a disturbance in the air, and perhaps the luminiferous ether is split up by the motion of a comet through it.

  • Circular polarized light consists of undulations of luminiferous ether having a circular motion.