Lucent

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈluːsÉ™nt/

Origin

From the participle stem of Latin lucere ("to shine").

Full definition of lucent

Adjective

1. Emitting light; shining, luminous.
2. Translucent; clear, lucid.
• 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, pp. 9-10:her dilated eyes fixed with a horror-stricken fascination upon the pygmy burial-ground, in that broad, lucent expanse of the yellow moonlight which was still streaming through the illuminated gorge of the mountains into an otherwise dusky world.

Derived terms

• lucently

Related terms

• lucence
• lucency
• luculent