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lux

noun
/lʌks/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lūx (“light”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Cognates include Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, blank, light, bright, clear”), Ancient Greek λύκη (lúkē, “light, morning twilight”), Sanskrit रोचते (rocate), Middle Persian 𐭩𐭥𐭬 (rōz, “day”) and Old English lēoht (noun) (English light).

  1. derived from *lewk-✻
  2. borrowed from lūx

Definitions

  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination

    In the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination; one lumen per square metre. Symbol: lx

    • Some volunteers slept in ambient light of about 100 lux and some in only 3 lux, which is close to total darkness.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:lux.

  2. To dislocate

    To dislocate; to luxate.

    • and as I reel'd I fell, / Lux'd the neck-joint—my soul descends to hell.
    • the bones are simply luxed without being broken

  3. A surname.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for lux. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA