noun
Meaning 1
A certain pear-shaped citrus fruit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: French lime, pear lemon, sweet lemon
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
A certain pear-shaped citrus fruit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: French lime, pear lemon, sweet lemon
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The use of light patterns as an expressive art form, unaccompanied by sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: art, arts
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Coined by the musician and inventor Thomas Wilfred (1889-1968), presumably from Latin lumen (“light”).