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PRONUNCIATION OF LUMINANT

luminant  [ˈluːmɪnənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LUMINANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Luminant is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LUMINANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Luminant

Luminant is a Texas-based electric utility. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings Corporation. Luminant's operations include electricity generation and wholesaling, mining, construction, and development. The company has capacity for the generation of 18,300 megawatts of electricity in 20 power plants spread across Texas, of which 2,300 MW come from nuclear power generated at the company's Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, 5,800 MW from coal-fired power plants, and the remainder from natural gas-fired plants. Luminant is also a major purchaser of wind power. Luminant also owns and operates three of the five largest coal mines in Texas: the Beckville Strip, the Three Oaks Mine, and the Oak Hill Strip. The company extracted over fourteen million short tons of coal from those three mines in 2007.

Definition of luminant in the English dictionary

The definition of luminant in the dictionary is something that provides light, an illuminant.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LUMINANT


codominant
kəʊˈdɒmɪnənt
contaminant
kənˈtæmɪnənt
conterminant
kənˈtɜːmɪnənt
culminant
ˈkʌlmɪnənt
determinant
dɪˈtɜːmɪnənt
discriminant
dɪˈskrɪmɪnənt
dominant
ˈdɒmɪnənt
eliminant
ɪˈlɪmɪnənt
eminent
ˈɛmɪnənt
examinant
ɪɡˈzæmɪnənt
fulminant
ˈfʌlmɪnənt
germinant
ˈdʒɜːmɪnənt
illuminant
ɪˈluːmɪnənt
imminent
ˈɪmɪnənt
nonruminant
ˌnɒnˈruːmɪnənt
pre-eminent
prɪˈɛmɪnənt
predominant
prɪˈdɒmɪnənt
prominent
ˈprɒmɪnənt
ruminant
ˈruːmɪnənt
subdominant
sʌbˈdɒmɪnənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LUMINANT

lumina
luminaire
luminal
luminance
luminaria
luminaries
luminarism
luminarist
luminary
lumination
lumine
luminesce
luminescence
luminescent
luminiferous
luminism
luminosities
luminosity
luminous
luminous efficacy

WORDS THAT END LIKE LUMINANT

agglutinant
antigenic determinant
complainant
conglutinant
declinant
decontaminant
Dinant
disciplinant
hallucinant
Jacobian determinant
nonrecombinant
ordinant
overdominant
plainant
pregnant
recombinant
semidominant
superdominant
urinant
vaginant

Synonyms and antonyms of luminant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «luminant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LUMINANT

Find out the translation of luminant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of luminant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «luminant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Luminant公司
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Luminant
570 millions of speakers

English

luminant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

luminant
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

luminant
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

светодиодное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

luminant
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

luminant
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

luminant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bercahaya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Luminant
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ルミナント
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

발광체
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Luminant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Luminant
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

luminant
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चमकदार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aydınlatıcıdır
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

luminant
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Luminant
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

світлодіодне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Luminant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαμπερές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

luminant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

luminant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

luminant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of luminant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LUMINANT»

The term «luminant» is regularly used and occupies the 104.569 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LUMINANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «luminant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «luminant» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about luminant

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUMINANT»

Discover the use of luminant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to luminant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Tao, the Great Luminant
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Evan S. Morgan, 2009
2
Plunkett's Energy Industry Almanac 2009: The Only ...
VP-Mergers, Acquisitions & Strategy Chuck Enze, CEO-Luminant Construction Jim Burke, CEO-TXU Energy David Campbell, CEO-Luminant Bob Shapard, CEO-Oncor Donald L. Evans, Chmn. Energy Future Holdings Corp. (EFH), formerly ...
Jack W. Plunkett, 2008
3
Lighting for TV and Film
Table 1 1.2 Standard luminants (CIE) Physics/sources: classifications used for calculation purposes Luminant A3 2856 K Whiteness of tungsten filament lamp Luminant Bb 4874 K Whiteness of direct sunlight. (Not now generally used) ...
Gerald Millerson, 1999
4
Men of Wealth
Back in 1833 Professor Benjamin Silliman of Yale found that a luminant oil could be distilled from petroleum. Others explored that idea in the late 'fifties. Dr. Samuel Kier, who sold petroleum taken from salt wells, distilled kerosene from the ...
Flynn, John T.
5
Official gazette of the United States Patent Office
In a luminant for electric incandescing lamps, a heat- conducting support, a heat- producing primary electric conductor c ried thereby, a normally non-conducting secondary conductor mounted on said support aud in electrical contact with said  ...
United States. Patent Office, 1904
6
Drawing Ideas: A Hand-Drawn Approach for Better Design
However, the accessibility of this technology means that fewer designers know how to draw by hand, express their ideas spontaneously, and brainstorm effectively.In a unique board binding that mimics a sketchbook, Drawing Ideas provides a ...
Mark Baskinger, William Bardel, 2013
7
The History of the Standard Oil Company
He was interested in it as a lubricator and a luminant. That petroleum had the qualities of both had been discovered at more than one point before 1850. More than one mill-owner in the districts where petroleum had been found was using it in ...
Ida M. Tarbell, 2009
8
Journal of Electricity, Power, and Gas
877,408. Francis M. F. Cazin, Hoboken, N. J. A filament or luminant for electric incandescent lamps, composed primarily of a carbon-core, a thereon electrolytically plated coat of metals, of which the surface concentrical layer is oxidized on its ...
‎1908
9
Electrical West
The occasion of the meeting of the Gas Institute, following the hundredth anniversary of the introduction of gas as a commercial luminant, naturally inspires the inquiry, W'hat will the next hundred years develop in gas lighting? The introduction ...
‎1907
10
Good Lighting and the Illuminating Engineer
As a matter of fact, there is scarcely a single case of electric lighting, in which equally good results, so far as illumination goes, could not be produced by gas, and in most cases at far less cost ; but to light with gas is to use a "cheap" luminant, ...
E. Leavenworth Elliot, 1908

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LUMINANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term luminant is used in the context of the following news items.
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Talen to acquire 3 natural gas power plants for $1.18 billion - The …
Farr has said Talen plans to buy more generation, including the unregulated Ohio plants of American Electric Power and Luminant, the Texas ... «Allentown Morning Call, Jul 15»
2
County officials facing tough budget decisions
If Luminant decides to file a lawsuit against the Milam Appraisal District, they will probably pay $2 million less in property taxes to the county as ... «Cameron Herald, Jul 15»
3
Kosse mine gleans coal from just below surface
Recently, Steve Jenkins, community liaison for Luminant, which owns the mine, spoke at length about the facility. The Kosse mine produces a ... «Groesbeck Journal, Jul 15»
4
Challenges Are a Vehicle to Prosperity - Sandra Teta
I own and run a company called Luminant Entertainment Limited, which is mainly into the event management business. I started it earlier this ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
5
Luminant: 83 percent drop in 5 years
If Luminant prevails in an anticipated court battle with the Milam Appraisal District (AD) to get its 2015 Sandow Power Plant rendition adopted, ... «Rockdale Reporter, Jul 15»
6
MPISD wrangles with budget woes
... budget workshop Monday to learn how administrators propose to close a sizable gap between revenue and expenses if Luminant prevails in ... «The Daily Tribune, Jul 15»
7
Tourney benefits Habitat
... on the golf course were American National Bank, Big Tex Trailers, Guaranty Bank & Trust, Load King and two teams from Luminant. «The Daily Tribune, Jul 15»
8
Ideas on energy; religion in America
A few years ago, Luminant Energy proposed to expand the facility. More clean, safe, reliable energy. More jobs. Guess who started to kick and ... «Fort Worth Star Telegram, Jul 15»
9
Energy Future Dodges $431M Bullet in Bankruptcy Case
... company for the company's competitive businesses, including Luminant and TXU Energy) and Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company ... «Texas Lawyer, Jul 15»
10
Talen Energy wants to buy more US power plants: CEO
Talen would be interested in looking at Luminant, the Texas merchant business of bankrupt Energy Future Holdings, and the unregulated Ohio ... «Reuters, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Luminant [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/luminant>. May 2024 ».
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