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

1. The state or quality of being luminous.
2. The energy radiated per second by a celestial body; such as, a star.
3. The visual perception of the extent to which an object emits light.
4. The fact or process of giving off light; the quality of an object that produces light.

1. Full of light; describing the emission of visible radiation.
2. Emitting or reflecting light, with or without accompanying heat.
3. Immensely bright or brightly illuminated.
4. Evaluated on the basis of the visual sensation produced in an observer rather than energy measurements.

A reference to, or relating to, the emission of light; especially, emitting self-generated light.

A unit of illumination, equal to one lumen per square meter.

Light.

Motto of the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA.

Light, liberty.

Motto of the University of North Carolina School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

[Let there] be light.

Motto of Southwestern College in Kansas, Winfield, Kansas, USA; and Kalamazoo College, USA.

Light and faith.

Motto of Taylor University, Upland, Indiana, USA.

Light and knowledge.

Motto of Andrew College, Cuthbert, Georgia, USA.

Light and Truth.

Yale University seal motto, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; and also the motto of Waldorf College, Forest City, Iowa, USA.

Light, let there be.

In the book of Genesis, chapter one, verse three, it states 'Then God said, "Let there be light, and there was light." ' The same verse, taken from the Vulgate, Saint Jerome's Latin translation of the Bible, states: Dixitque Deus fiat lux et facta est lux. In Latin, the phrase "let there be light", translates into Fiat Lux.

According to Webster's dictionary, Fiat Lux means exactly: "Let there be light." So study the Albion College seal. What do you notice? The question that may come into your head is, "What Bible were the founders of Albion College reading?"

Instead of the commonly used Fiat Lux, Albion College has oddly chosen the motto, Lux Fiat. Roughly, Lux Fiat means, "Light, let there be."

Either Albion likes doing things differently or the developers of Albion College's emblem made a big blunder.

Frank Frick, professor of religious studies, said he had tried to learn the history behind the backwards motto, but found nothing even with the aid of the college archivist. Frick stated that in his studies he has never come across an instance where Lux Fiat was substituted for Fiat Lux.

Light of the mind, light of the world.

Motto of Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, USA.

Light of the world.

Motto of Thiel College, Greenville, Pennsylvania, USA.

Justice is the light of the world.

Motto of Johann Georg I, Elector of Saxony (1585-1656).

Your light is my life.