fiat lux

[ fee-aht -looks; English fee-aht -luhks, fahy-uht ]

/ ˈfi ɑt ˈlʊks; English ˈfi ɑt ˈlʌks, ˈfaɪ ət /

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let there be light.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

But the recent batch of polls shows Americans to be, what else, deeply split on whether Obama was right to do this by fiat.
Staving Off a Democratic Civil War|Michael Tomasky|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The grand prize is a pristine white Fiat Panda 4X4 – with full options.
Pope Francis Raffles Off His Swag to Help the Poor|Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They can be unmade by judicial fiat, but it feels awfully cruel to do so.
Gay Marriage Chaos Begins|Jay Michaelson|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To put that into perspective, indoor lighting is about 100 lux, while a bright, sunny day can hit 50,000 lux or more.
Fight Seasonal Affective Disorder With This New Tracker|DailyBurn|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The “gold standard” dose is 30 minutes of 10,000 lux light, one hour of 5,000 lux light or two hours of 2,500 lux light.
Fight Seasonal Affective Disorder With This New Tracker|DailyBurn|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lux, like one crazed, suddenly rushed headlong away between the trees and down the hill.
Maezli|Johanna Spyri
He became the umpire of taste, and his word was received as the fiat of fashion.
Evenings at Donaldson Manor|Maria J. McIntosh
The motto on the scroll, "Ex tenebris lux," appears to have existed anterior to the light of the Reformation.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 13, Issue 372, Saturday, May 30, 1829|Various
When at length comes the conviction that all are doomed, the fiat goes forth to put the suffering creatures out of pain.
The Vee-Boers|Mayne Reid
And do not let anybody fool you for a single second by talking about "fiat money" and "inflation of the currency."
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society|Upton Sinclair