luminiferous
adjective
lu·mi·nif·er·ous
ˌlü-mə-ˈni-f(ə-)rəs 
: transmitting, producing, or yielding light
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The name Ethernet was inspired by luminiferous ether.
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Simon Hill, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2023
The name comes from the luminiferous ether that was at one point thought to be the medium through which electromagnetic waves propagate, like sound waves propagate through air.
—Iljitsch Van Beijnum, Ars Technica, 29 June 2023
The Lonely Cosmos As the luminiferous era slowly unwinds, the universe itself will change character.
—Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2023
It's related to the classic Michaelson-Morley experiment attempting to detect the movement of the Earth through a medium called the luminiferous aether, which physicists at the time believed permeated space.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Sep. 2022
Plotting these luminiferous points on a map, the team was stunned to discover a collection of pulsing magmatic structures - the beating volcanic heart of southern Hawaii.
—Robin George Andrews, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Dec. 2022
Scientists were thrilled: This meant that the different kinds of waves didn’t need their own aethers, but all traveled through the same luminiferous aether.
—Meg Neal, Popular Mechanics, 19 Oct. 2018
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Simon Hill, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2023
The name comes from the luminiferous ether that was at one point thought to be the medium through which electromagnetic waves propagate, like sound waves propagate through air.
—Iljitsch Van Beijnum, Ars Technica, 29 June 2023
The Lonely Cosmos As the luminiferous era slowly unwinds, the universe itself will change character.
—Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2023
It's related to the classic Michaelson-Morley experiment attempting to detect the movement of the Earth through a medium called the luminiferous aether, which physicists at the time believed permeated space.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Sep. 2022
Plotting these luminiferous points on a map, the team was stunned to discover a collection of pulsing magmatic structures - the beating volcanic heart of southern Hawaii.
—Robin George Andrews, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Dec. 2022
Scientists were thrilled: This meant that the different kinds of waves didn’t need their own aethers, but all traveled through the same luminiferous aether.
—Meg Neal, Popular Mechanics, 19 Oct. 2018
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luminiferous
adjective
lu·mi·nif·er·ous
ˌlü-mə-ˈnif-(ə-)rəs
: transmitting, producing, or yielding light
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