lucent

[Lat. lucens, pr. par. of luceo =to shine.] Shining, bright, resplendent. "Some weeks have pa ed since last I saw the spire In lucent Thames reflected." Keats: To Charles Cowden Clarke . lū-çer'-nal, a. [Lat. lucern a =a lamp.] Of or pertaining to a lamp or other artificial light. Specifically applied to a microscope in which the object to be examined is illuminated by the light of a lamp. The object is placed in a sliding tube between the lens and the lamp, which is contained in a box. The image is received on a screen or plate of ground gla .