| 单词 | luciferous experiment |
| 释义 | > as lemmasluciferous experiment 2. figurative. Affording illumination or insight; luminous, illuminating. In 17th cent. common in luciferous experiment, after Bacon's lucifera experimenta ( Nov. Org. i. §70, 99, et al.). ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > enlightenment > [adjective] enlightening1574 luciferous1648 illuminative1649 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [adjective] explanativea1500 expositive1535 resolutory1567 interpretative1569 expounding1571 illustrating1589 explanatory1600 explicative1602 explicatory1606 expository1628 clarifying1630 illustrative1643 luciferous1648 omnilucent1651 explaining?1683 illustratorya1734 elucidatory1774 elucidative1822 irradiativea1834 expositional1845 resolvent1856 enucleating1862 expositionary1882 luminant1891 interpreting1892 clarificatory1945 FYI1973 1648 W. Petty Advice to Hartlib (new ed.) 20 How to make the most of experiments,..all being equally Luciferous, although not equally Lucriferous. 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xv. 104 So Luciferous an Experiment. 1676 J. Glanvill Ess. iii. 28 A rare and luciferous Theory. 1811 Edinb. Rev. 19 229 These..are the only luciferous experiments, of which geology can yet boast. < as lemmas |
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