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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.
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.
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 ...
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
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 ...
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 ...
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
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 ...