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  2. Luciferin - Wikipedia

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    This is a space-filling model of firefly luciferin.Color coding: yellow=sulfur; blue=nitrogen; black=carbon; red=oxygen; white=hydrogen. Luciferin (from Latin lucifer 'light-bearer') is a generic term for the light-emitting compound found in organisms that generate bioluminescence.

  3. List of chemical element name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    From Latin silex or silicis, which means "flint", a kind of stone (chiefly silicon dioxide). Phosphorus (P) 15 φῶς + φόρος (phos + phoros) Greek via Latin [14] "light-bearer" descriptive From Greek φῶς + φόρος (phos + phoros), which means "light bearer", because white phosphorus emits a faint glow upon exposure to oxygen.

  4. Light bearer - Wikipedia

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    The Light Bearer, a 1994 novel by Donna Gillespie; Phosphorus, etymologically derived from the Greek: φως = light, φέρω = carry, which roughly translates as "light-bringer" Light Bearers, a Seventh-day Adventist organization co-directed by David Asscherick; Nick Lightbearer, a character from the game We Happy Few; A user of the light ...

  5. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    From the Latin translation of the Vulgate Bible of Psalm 130, of which it is a traditional title in Roman Catholic liturgy. de re: about/regarding the matter: In logic, de dicto statements regarding the truth of a proposition are distinguished from de re statements regarding the properties of a thing itself. decessit sine prole: died without issue

  6. List of Latin phrases (V) - Wikipedia

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    truth shall liberate you: Motto of Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan: veritas lux mea: truth [is] my light: A common, non-literal translation is "truth enlightens me"; motto of Seoul National University, South Korea veritas numquam perit: truth never expires: by Seneca the Younger: veritas odit moras: truth hates delay: by Seneca the ...

  7. Luciferianism - Wikipedia

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    The tradition usually reveres Lucifer not as the Devil, but as a destroyer, a guardian, liberator, [1] light bringer or guiding spirit to darkness, [2] or even the true god. [1] According to Ethan Doyle White of the Britannica, among those who "called themselves Satanists or Luciferians", some insist that Lucifer is an entity separate from ...

  8. List of Latin phrases (L) - Wikipedia

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    light and law: Motto of the Franklin & Marshall College and the University of North Dakota: lux et veritas: light and truth: A translation of the Hebrew Urim and Thummim. Motto of several institutions, including Yale University. lux ex tenebris: light from darkness: Motto of the 67th Network Warfare Wing: lux hominum vita: light the life of man

  9. Luminiferous aether - Wikipedia

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    Luminiferous aether or ether [1] (luminiferous meaning 'light-bearing') was the postulated medium for the propagation of light. [2] It was invoked to explain the ability of the apparently wave-based light to propagate through empty space (a vacuum), something that waves should not be able to do. The assumption of a spatial plenum (space ...