lucent
pronunciation
How to pronounce lucent in British English:
UK ['lu:snt]
How to pronounce lucent in American English:
US ['lusənt]
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- Adjective:
- softly bright or radiant
Word Origin
- lucent (adj.)
- mid-15c., "shining, bright, luminous," from Latin lucentem (nominative lucens), present participle of lucere "to shine" (see light (n.)). Meaning "lucid, clear" is from 1820. Related: Lucently.
Example
- 1. Lucent is now a $ 2 stock .
- 2. Mitigation agreements negotiated by cfius with other non-us companies , including alcatel lucent , include rules on employee screening and third-party audits .
- 3. The deal will also have to surmount possible political concerns in the us , where lucent 's bell labs works on highly sensitive defence contracts .
- 4. Lucent sold computer equipment to dot-coms .
- 5. Ms fiorina was headhunted by hewlett-packard from lucent , then flying high .