lucent

lucent

shining; luminous; translucent: softly lucent as a rounded moon

Not to be confused with:

lucid – easily understood; comprehensible; rational or sane: He’s a muddled fool, full of lucid intervals.

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lu·cent

 (lo͞o′sənt)

adj.

1. Giving off light; luminous.

2. Translucent; clear.

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[Latin lūcēns, lūcent-, present participle of lūcēre, to shine; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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lu′cen·cy n.

lu′cent·ly adv.

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lucent

(ˈluːsənt)

adj

brilliant, shining, or translucent

[C16: from Latin lūcēns, present participle of lūcēre to shine]

ˈlucently adv

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lu•cent

(ˈlu sənt)

adj.

1. shining with light.

2. translucent; clear.

[1490–1500; < Latin lūcent-, s. of lūcēns, present participle of lūcēre to shine; see lucid]

lu′cen•cy, n.

lu′cent•ly, adv.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

lucent - softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars" aglow, lambent, luminous bright - emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"

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lucent

adjective

Giving off or reflecting light readily or in large amounts:

beamy, bright, brilliant, effulgent, incandescent, irradiant, lambent, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, shiny.

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Translations

fulgidolucenteluminoso

lucent

adj (liter, poet) → glänzend, strahlend; (= transparent) → durchsichtig, klar

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