illuminant
Americannoun
noun
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of illuminant
1635–45; < Latin illūminant- (stem of illūmināns ) present participle of illūmināre to light up, brighten, equivalent to illūmin- ( see illumine) + -ant- -ant
Example Sentences
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A fixture even more than a star, either way an illuminant.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2021
Kerosene was the dominant illuminant fuel for a few decades between the decline of whale oil and the rise of electricity.
From Forbes ● Oct. 21, 2011
But that was impossible, for there was no illuminant of the nature nearer than Tilborough, the Denes being lit up by crystal oil.
From Sir Hilton's Sin by Fenn, George Manville
Also that as an illuminant, I was long familiar only with the use of oil, shedding its feeble light, p. 119this being superseded by the gas derived from coal.
From Addresses & Papers / Collectanea by Eade, Peter
This torch is a good and economical illuminant.
From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.
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