luco-, luc-, luci-, lux, -lucence, -lucent +

Let there be light.

As seen in the Vulgate, Genesis, I, 3. Motto of Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, USA; and Atlantic Union College, South Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA.

The radiation of light by tissue, caused by a galvanic electrical current.

To shed light upon; to make clear, clear up; elucidate.

The amount of light, evaluated according to its capacity to produce visual stimulation, that reaches a unit of surface area during a unit of time. It is measured in lux (the SI unit of illumination, equal to one lumen per square meter).

A lumen is the unit of luminous flux in the International System, equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle by a source of one candela intensity radiating equally in all directions.

One definition of candela that it is the SI unit of luminous intensity, symbol cd; it is equal to the luminous intensity in a given direction of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency.

Giving off light.

1. To make something visible or bright with light, or be lit up.
2. To decorate something with lights for a celebration.
3. To make something clear, or easier to ulnderstand and to appreciate.
4. To add colored letters, illustrations, and designs to a manuscript or the borders of a page.
5. To provide someone with knowledge or with intellectual or spiritual enlightenment.

Any one of various groups of people in history claiming to have received special religious or spiritual enlgihtenment.

Informative and enlightening, often by revealing or emphasizing facts that were previously obscure.

1. The provision of light to make something visible or bright, or the fact of being lit up.
2. The amount or strength of light available in a place or for a purpose.
3. The application and distribution of light to a subject.
4. The process of clarifying or explaining something.
5. Intellectual or spiritual enlightenment.
6. A colored letter, design, or illustration decorating a manuscript or page, or the art or act of decorating written texts.
7. In medicine, throwing light on the body or a part or into a cavity for diagnostic purposes or lighting an object under a microscope.

To give light to; illuminate (provide or brighten with light).

A psychotic state of exaltation in which one has delusions and hallucinations of communion with supernatural or exalted beings.

In Thy light we shall see the light.

Also translated as, "In Thy light shall we see light." Motto of Columbia University, New York City, USA; and the College of Great Falls, Great Falls, Montana, USA.

1. Giving off light; shining.
2. Translucent or clear.
3. Shining with a glowing light.

Living in open habitats with ample light.