luminiferous

(lu-mi-nif’e-rus), a. [ (lum in-), light, + ferre = E. beavt.] 1. In physics, producing or bearing light; yielding light: as, the lwminiferous ether. See ether1, 2. The /wminiferous motions are only components of the whole motion. Sir W. Thomson, Reprint of Papers, p. 419, 2. Serving as a medium for conveying light.