lux

noun

The International System unit of illumination, equal to one lumen per square meter.

To put out of joint; luxate. Pope, Odyssey, xi.

noun

Light: a Latin word occurring in some phrases used more or less in English.

noun

Luxury.

noun

Richness; superfine quality; elegance: said of material objects. Also luxe, as mere French.

noun

The unit of illumination; the illumination received by a surface at a distance of one meter from a light-source the intensity of which is one hefner. See illumination, 1.

transitive verb

To put out of joint; to luxate.

noun

In the International System of Units, the derived unit of illuminance or illumination; one lumen per square metre. Symbol: lx

verb

To put out of joint; to luxate.

noun

a unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square meter; 0.0929 foot candle