luminiferous

C2 Topic:Science & Research
US /ˌluːmɪˈnɪfərəs/ UK /ˌluːmɪˈnɪfərəs/
adj Freq #183312

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    producing or transmitting light; luminous.

    You're a very inferior race of animals--don't even understand telepathy, don't understand the luminiferous ether, or the relation between time and space.

Etymology

From Latin lumen ("light") + -ferous ("bearing, carrying"), literally "light-bearing." It is especially associated with the historical phrase luminiferous ether.

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