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Luminiferous

Luminiferous \Lu`mi*nif"er*ous\, a. [L. lumen light + -ferous.] Producing light; yielding light; transmitting light; as, the luminiferous ether.

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luminiferous

a. Producing, or transmitting light; luminous.

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Luminiferous

Luminiferous is the seventh album by metal band High on Fire. The album was very well received critically. 'Exclaim' called it "Heavy metal at its finest, Luminiferous is a brilliant, dynamic release, showcasing High on Fire's penchant for diverse, thoughtful songwriting and impeccable musicianship."

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Nothing, for example, could be really more profound than the difference between waves of compression and rarefaction transmitted through the luminiferous ether and the translation of their impact into light.

Fanned by a constant updraught of ventilation between the kitchen and the chimneyflue, ignition was communicated from the faggots of precombustible fuel to polyhedral masses of bituminous coal, containing in compressed mineral form the foliated fossilised decidua of primeval forests which had in turn derived their vegetative existence from the sun, primal source of heat (radiant), transmitted through omnipresent luminiferous diathermanous ether.

You are not going to shoot down the luminiferous aether which animates our souls.

Not incidentally, it also solved the problem of the luminiferous ether by making it clear that it didn’.

You are not going to shoot down the luminiferous ether which animates our souls.

He is that which fertilizes the luminiferous ether, the strain in it that produces what is called matter.