单词 | illuminating |
释义 | illuminatingn. The action of illuminate v. Also attributive, as illuminating engineering n. the branch of engineering and applied science concerned with the design, installation, and modification of artificial lighting. illuminating engineer n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [noun] lightOE lightingOE inspiration1303 illuminationsc1340 inyettingc1340 revelationc1384 oraclec1425 revealingc1429 informationc1450 infusionc1450 illustrationc1480 gospel1481 aspirationc1534 illuminating1561 afflation1576 entheos1594 enthusiasm1595 flame-light1611 illapse1614 inspirement1616 spiration1629 respirationa1631 irradiation1631 income1647 afflatus1649 theopneustian1660 entheasm1752 prana1785 inflation1835 theopneusty1847 inflatusa1861 theopneustia1894 the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > science of illuminating engineering1906 1561 J. Veron Free-will f. 4v Without the illuminating and inspiration of the holye ghost. 1860 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth I. 12 He had made several trials at illuminating. 1906 (title) Transactions of the Illuminating Engineering Society. 1907 Installation News Nov. 3 That latest addition to the ever-growing family of specialists—the Illuminating Engineer—is providing the electrical industry and press with a good deal to think about. 1930 Engineering 31 Jan. 143/2 The development of the science of illuminating engineering has been continuous during the past few decades. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2019). > as lemmasiˈlluminating iˈlluminating adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > illumination > [adjective] > that illuminates illuminating1632 illuminative1644 luminating1746 luminarious1773 luminant1891 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 31 The splendor of the illuminating Image. 1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 37 The illuminating guidance of Gods law. 1780 W. Cowper Table Talk 712 To shed illuminating rays On every scene and subject it surveys. 1854 L. Tomlinson tr. D. F. J. Arago Pop. Lect. Astron. 127 Each point of the illuminating surface will project..a light which will diminish in the inverse proportion of the squares of the distances. < n.1561 as lemmas |
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