Definition of light

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Light (superl.) Easy to admit influence; inconsiderate; easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile; as, a light, vain person; a light mind..

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Pyrophorous :: Pyrophorous (a.) Light-producing; of or pertaining to pyrophorus.
Tulle :: Tulle (n.) A kind of silk lace or light netting, used for veils, etc..
Dispersion :: Dispersion (n.) The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities..
Spital :: Spit (v. i.) To rain or snow slightly, or with sprinkles..
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1..
Decussate :: Decussate (v. t.) To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; -- said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc..
Curmurring :: Curmurring (n.) Murmuring; grumbling; -- sometimes applied to the rumbling produced by a slight attack of the gripes.
Limbous :: Limbous (a.) With slightly overlapping borders; -- said of a suture.
Fix :: Fix (v. t.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensible to the action of light.
Refraction :: Refraction (n.) The change in the direction of a ray of light, and, consequently, in the apparent position of a heavenly body from which it emanates, arising from its passage through the earth's atmosphere; -- hence distinguished as atmospheric refraction, or astronomical refraction..
Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the past participle..
Calorescence :: Calorescence (n.) The conversion of obscure radiant heat into light; the transmutation of rays of heat into others of higher refrangibility.
Bright :: Bright (a.) Having qualities that render conspicuous or attractive, or that affect the mind as light does the eye; resplendent with charms; as, bright beauty..
Brushing :: Brushing (a.) Brisk; light; as, a brushing gallop..
Apostrophe :: Apostrophe (n.) A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of Paradise Lost..
Astrometer :: Astrometer (n.) An instrument for comparing the relative amount of the light of stars.
Foregleam :: Foregleam (n.) An antecedent or premonitory gleam; a dawning light.
Roller :: Roller (n.) Any one of numerous species of Old World picarian birds of the family Coraciadae. The name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over or tumbling in flight..
Luciform :: Luciform (a.) Having, in some respects, the nature of light; resembling light..
Moonshiny :: Moonshiny (a.) Moonlight.
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