Definitions
a unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square meter; 0.0929 foot candle
Word origin
Borrowed from Latin lūx (“light”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Cognates include Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white, blank, light, bright, clear”), Ancient Greek λύκη (lúkē, “light, morning twilight”), Sanskrit रोचते (rocate), Middle Persian 𐭩𐭥𐭬 (rōz, “day”) and Old English lēoht (noun) (English light).
Used in a sentence
“Some volunteers slept in ambient light of about 100 lux and some in only 3 lux, which is close to total darkness.”
“For quotations using this term, see Citations:lux.”
“and as I reel'd I fell, / Lux'd the neck-joint—my soul descends to hell.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Illumination measure”3 letters
02“Light unit”3 letters
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