Meaning of ILLUMINANT
| Pronunciation: | | i'loomununt
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| | Definition: | | [n] something that can serve as a source of light |
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| | See Also: | | combustible, combustible material, fuel | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Il*lu"mi*nant\, n. [L. illuminans, -antis, p. pr. of
illuminare.]
That which illuminates or affords light; as, gas and
petroleum are illuminants. --Boyle.
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| | Related Terms: | | aglow, beaming, beamy, benzine, blushing, bright and sunny, burning, candescent, candle, coal oil, electric light bulb, electricity, fire, flame, flushing, gas, gasoline, gleaming, gleamy, glim, glinting, glowing, illuminating, illuminating gas, illuminative, illuminator, illumining, incandescent, incandescent body, irradiative, kerosene, lamp, lamping, lantern, light, light as day, light bulb, light source, luciferous, lucific, luciform, luminant, luminary, luminative, luminiferous, luminificent, luminous, lustrous, match, moon, oil, orient, paraffin, petrol, petroleum, radiant, rutilant, rutilous, shining, shiny, source of light, starbright, starlike, starry, stars, streaming, suffused, sun, sunny, sunshiny, taper, torch |
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