lumina
- plural of lumen.
Example Sentences
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The gray light of the waning moon, sifting through the boughs, was the true lumina for reverie.
From The Mascot of Sweet Briar Gulch by Cootes, F. Graham
It is by no means certain that a hard and fast line can be drawn between intra- and intercellular lumina.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
Sometimes the lumina are crescentic, the concavity of the crescent being internal, that is, toward the median line.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier
Probably in the majority of instances there is insufficient obstruction of the lumina of vessels to provoke noticeable inconvenience.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
Celsius and Linnæus were complimented with the title of lumina academiæ, on account of their great learning and reputation.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William
