What does lucent mean?

Definitions for lucent
ˈlu səntlu·cent

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. aglow(p), lambent, lucent, luminousadjective

    softly bright or radiant

    "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars"

Wiktionary

  1. lucentadjective

    Emitting light; shining, luminous.

  2. lucentadjective

    Translucent; clear, lucid.

  3. Etymology: From the participle stem of lucere.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Lucentadjective

    Shining; bright; splendid.

    Etymology: lucens, Latin.

    I meant the day-star should not brighter rise,
    Nor lend like influence from his lucent seat. Ben Jonson.

    A spot like which perhaps
    Astronomer in the sun’s lucent orb,
    Through his glaz’d optick tube yet never saw. John Milton.

Wikipedia

  1. Lucent

    Lucent Technologies, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Murray Hill, New Jersey. It was established on September 30, 1996, through the divestiture of the former AT&T Technologies business unit of AT&T Corporation, which included Western Electric and Bell Labs.Lucent was merged with Alcatel SA of France on December 1, 2006, forming Alcatel-Lucent. Alcatel-Lucent was absorbed by Nokia in January 2016.

ChatGPT

  1. lucent

    Lucent is an adjective that means glowing with or giving off light. In other words, it refers to something that is shining or bright. It can also refer to something that is clear, vivid, or lucid in terms of thought or expression.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lucentadjective

    shining; bright; resplendent

  2. Etymology: [L. lucens, p. pr. of lucere to shine, fr. lux, lucis, light.]

Wikidata

  1. Lucent

    Lucent was an American multinational telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Murray Hill, New Jersey, in the United States. It was established on September 30, 1996 through the demerger of the former AT&T Technologies business unit of AT&T Corporation, which included Western Electric and Bell Labs. Lucent was merged with Alcatel SA of France in a merger of equals on December 1, 2006, forming Alcatel-Lucent.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Lucent

    lū′sent, adj. shining: bright.—n. Lū′cency, brightness.—adj. Lucer′nal, pertaining to a lamp. [L. lucenslucēre, to shine—lux, lucis, light.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lucent in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lucent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of lucent in a Sentence

  1. Kimmo Stenvall:

    The last night comment on possible fines stemming from business transactions of Alcatel-Lucent is hurting the stock, the market is really sensitive about Nokia these days.

  2. French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron:

    It's not normal that a big company boss is the first to jump ship. Mr Combes led a merger of Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia that we supported, so it is neither comprehensible nor acceptable that Mr Combes has decided today to leave the company when the transaction hasn't even been completed, both morally and in terms of the proper functioning of the company.

  3. Risto Siilasmaa:

    This is the right time for the review, not only because of the Alcatel-Lucent deal but also because navigation markets have changed in the last years, i'd like to stress that the review will not necessarily lead to selling of HERE. We strongly believe in the possibilities to develop HERE also as part of Nokia. Above all, this is a question of finding the best possibilities for HERE to create value.

  4. Pierre Ferragu:

    What took Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia Siemens four or five years to do on the product roadmaps last time around will only take two or three years this time.

  5. Chief Executive Michel Combes:

    These earnings demonstrate clearly that Alcatel-Lucent is back in the game.

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