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Definition of Luciferous
1. a. Giving light; affording light or means of discovery.
Definition of Luciferous
1. Adjective. Literally illuminating; providing light. ¹
2. Adjective. Figuratively illuminating; offering insight. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Luciferous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Luciferous
Literary usage of Luciferous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1859)
"There is also evidence that this luciferous envelop is constantly replenished by
supplies of ether from space. The sun's rotation assists in effecting this ..."
2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1858)
"There is also evidence that this luciferous envelop is constantly replenished by
supplies of ether from space. The sun's rotation assists in effecting this ..."
3. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, William Ripley Nichols, Charles Robert Cross (1858)
"There is also evidence that this luciferous envelop is constantly replenished by
supplies of ether from space. The sun's rotation assists in ..."
4. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1859)
"I therefore take the liberty to say, that I do not regard meteoric light as due
to the presence of a luciferous atmosphere belonging to the meteorite itself ..."
5. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"For the compleating of the history, he shall apply himself to the making of
luciferous experiments, and to take notice of such as shall be made by others. ..."
6. A New System of Geology: In which the Great Revolutions of the Earth and by Andrew Ure (1829)
"Hence we see that this ether, being indispensable to the operation of every
luciferous impulse, being in fact the substratum or subject matter of light, ..."
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