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lucida

[ loo-si-duh ]

noun

, Astronomy.
, plural lu·ci·dae [loo, -si-dee].
  1. the brightest star in a constellation.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lucida1

First recorded in 1720–30; from New Latin, special use of Latin lūcida (stella) “bright (star),” feminine of lūcidus “bright, shining, lucid”; low 3
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Example Sentences

Some think he employed a camera lucida’s lens to render sitters as accurately as possible, which makes two details surprising.

Unprompted, she tells me she’s been meaning to read “Camera Lucida,” a book on photography by the French writer Roland Barthes that I mentioned to her in passing.

At some point in the past year, I bought a used copy of “Camera Lucida.”

Reading back through “Camera Lucida” for this essay, I was not always sure who made which mark, which of us left which note.

“Lucida” is from his first album billed as Thomas Bartlett, and it’s utterly unadorned.

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