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light noun

  /laɪt/ , [laɪt] , [lɑjt] , [lɑɪt] , [ləjt] , [ɫɐɪt]
  • (figurative) Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
  • A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
 lux, lumen
  • (physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers); visible light.
 lux, lūmen, lūx, lumen
  • A flame or something used to create fire.
 lumen, lux
  • (countable) A source of illumination.
 lūcerna, lūmen, lux, lumen

light adjective

  /laɪt/ , [laɪt] , [lɑjt] , [lɑɪt] , [ləjt] , [ɫɐɪt]
  • (nautical, of a ship) Riding high because of no cargo; by extension, pertaining to a ship which is light.
  • Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
 levis

light adjective

  /laɪt/ , [laɪt] , [lɑjt] , [lɑɪt] , [ləjt] , [ɫɐɪt]
  • Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
 clarus, lucidus
  • Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
 lux

light verb

  /laɪt/ , [laɪt] , [lɑjt] , [lɑɪt] , [ləjt] , [ɫɐɪt]
  • (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning.
 illuminare
  • (transitive, pinball) To make (a bonus) available to be collected by hitting a target, and thus light up the feature light corresponding to that bonus to indicate its availability.
 accendō, incendeō

lightness noun

  /ˈlaɪtnəs/
  • The state of having little (or less) weight, or little force.
 levitās

lighting noun

  /ˈlaɪtɪŋ/ , [-ɾɪŋ]
  • The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.
 lumen
traffic light
sēmaphorum
light bulb
ampulla electrica, globulus electricus, globus ignifer
light year
spatium lucis annuae
let there be light
fiat lux
light up
incendō
bring to light
patefaciō, rescisco
light-fingered
fūrax, tagax
green light
viridis
half-light
lumen obscurum
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