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Definition of Lustra
1. lustrum [n] - See also: lustrum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lustra
Literary usage of Lustra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Medical Times and Gazette (1885)
"The highest point which was reached was 13-08, and this number actually occurs
twice—viz., in the third and fifth lustra. The lowest point came to 12-62, ..."
2. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical, and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1904)
"ARTIFICIAL SILKS; lustra-CELLULOSE. OWING to the high price and value of silk as
... The large majority of the lustra-cellulose used in trade at the present ..."
3. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical, and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1904)
"ARTIFICIAL SILKS; lustra-CELLULOSE. OWING to the high price and value of silk as
... The large majority of the lustra-cellulose used in trade at the present ..."
4. A new pronouncing dictionary of the Spanish and English languages by Mariano Velázquez de la Cadena, Edward Gray, Juan L. Iribas (1902)
"1. Lustro, período de cinco años. 2. lustra- ción, ceremonia de purificación de
todo el pueblo romano que se efectuaba eada cinco años. ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Filament of bave, viewed in length. < '••--. fVt Fig. 3.—Artificial "Silk."
lustra-cellulose viscose process, single fibres in transverse section ..."
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