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lux

Best crossword clue

"Illumination measure"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /lʌks/Part of speech nounSorted luxStarts with LEnds with X2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Illumination measure3 letters
02Light unit3 letters

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