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luminiferous

adjective
lu路​mi路​nif路​er路​ous | \ 藢l眉-m蓹-藞ni-f(蓹-)r蓹s How to pronounce luminiferous (audio) \

Definition of luminiferous

: transmitting, producing, or yielding light

Examples of luminiferous in a Sentence

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 Scientists were thrilled: This meant that the different kinds of waves didn鈥檛 need their own aethers, but all traveled through the same luminiferous aether. — Meg Neal, Popular Mechanics, "The Eternal Quest for Aether, the Cosmic Stuff That Never Was," 19 Oct. 2018

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First Known Use of luminiferous

1801, in the meaning defined above

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luminiferous

adjective
lu路​mi路​nif路​er路​ous | \ 藢l眉-m蓹-藞nif-(蓹-)r蓹s How to pronounce luminiferous (audio) \

Medical Definition of luminiferous

: transmitting, producing, or yielding light

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