luminiferous

[ loo-muh-nif-er-uhs ]

adjective

1. producing light:

   the luminiferous properties of a gas.

Other Words From

• unlu·mi·nifer·ous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of luminiferous¹

1795–1805; < Latin lūmin- ( lumen ) + -i- + -ferous

Example Sentences

But if the luminiferous ether is not matter, and fluid matter too, what is the meaning of its undulations?

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This represents a particle of the luminiferous ether, moving at the greatest speed when it is at the middle position.

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One thing we are sure of, and that is the reality and substantiality of the luminiferous ether.

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Comets make a disturbance in the air, and perhaps the luminiferous ether is split up by the motion of a comet through it.

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Circular polarized light consists of undulations of luminiferous ether having a circular motion.

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