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lustre


  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Luster  \Lus"ter\,  Lustre  \Lus"tre\,  n.  [F.  lustre;  cf  It 
  lustro;  both  fr  L.  lustrare  to  purify,  go  about  (like  the 
  priests  at  the  lustral  sacrifice),  traverse,  survey, 
  illuminate,  fr  lustrum  a  purificatory  sacrifice;  perh.  akin 
  to  E.  loose.  But  lustrare  to  illuminate  is  perh.  a  different 
  word  and  akin  to  L.  lucere  to  be  light  or  clear,  to  shine. 
  See  {Lucid},  and  cf  {Illustrious},  {Lustrum}.] 
  1.  Brilliancy;  splendor;  brightness;  glitter. 
 
  The  right  mark  and  very  true  luster  of  the  diamond. 
  --Sir  T.  More 
 
  The  scorching  sun  was  mounted  high,  In  all  its 
  luster,  to  the  noonday  sky.  --Addison. 
 
  Note:  There  is  a  tendency  to  limit  the  use  of  luster,  in  this 
  sense  to  the  brightness  of  things  which  do  not  shine 
  with  their  own  light,  or  at  least  do  not  blaze  or  glow 
  with  heat.  One  speaks  of  the  luster  of  a  diamond,  or  of 
  silk,  or  even  of  the  stars,  but  not  often  now  of  the 
  luster  of  the  sun,  a  coal  of  fire,  or  the  like 
 
  2.  Renown;  splendor;  distinction;  glory. 
 
  His  ancestors  continued  about  four  hundred  years, 
  rather  without  obscurity  than  with  any  great  luster. 
  --Sir  H. 
  Wotton. 
 
  3.  A  candlestick,  chandelier,  girandole,  or  the  like 
  generally  of  an  ornamental  character.  --Pope. 
 
  4.  (Min.)  The  appearance  of  the  surface  of  a  mineral  as 
  affected  by  or  dependent  upon  peculiarities  of  its 
  reflecting  qualities. 
 
  Note:  The  principal  kinds  of  luster  recognized  are:  metallic, 
  adamantine,  vitreous,  resinous,  greasy,  pearly,  and 
  silky.  With  respect  to  intensity,  luster  is 
  characterized  as  splendent,  shining,  glistening, 
  glimmering,  and  dull. 
 
  5.  A  substance  which  imparts  luster  to  a  surface,  as  plumbago 
  and  some  of  the  glazes. 
 
  6.  A  fabric  of  wool  and  cotton  with  a  lustrous  surface,  -- 
  used  for  women's  dresses. 
 
  {Luster  ware},  earthenware  decorated  by  applying  to  the 
  glazing  metallic  oxides,  which  acquire  brilliancy  in  the 
  process  of  baking. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Luster  \Lus"ter\,  Lustre  \Lus"tre\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p. 
  {Lustred};  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Lustering},  or  {Lustring}.] 
  To  make  lustrous.  [R.  &  Poetic] 
 
  Flooded  and  lustered  with  her  loosened  gold.  --Lowell. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lustre  \Lus"tre\,  n. 
  Same  as  {Luster}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  lustre 
  n  1:  a  surface  coating  for  ceramics  or  porcelain  [syn:  {luster}] 
  2:  a  quality  that  outshines  the  usual  [syn:  {luster},  {brilliancy}, 
  {splendor},  {splendour}] 
  3:  the  visual  property  of  something  that  shines  with  reflected 
  light  [syn:  {shininess},  {sheen},  {luster}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Lustre,  MT 
  Zip  code(s):  59225 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  LUSTRE 
 
  (A  French  acronym  for  Synchronous  real-time  Lucid).  Real-time 
  dataflow  language  for  synchronous  systems,  especially 
  automatic  control  and  signal  processing.  A  {Lucid}  subset, 
  plus  timing  operators  and  user-defined  clocks. 
 
  Designed  for  automatic  control  applications.  It  is  based  on 
  the  idea  that  automatic  control  engineers  use  to  analyse,  and 
  specify  their  systems  in  terms  of  functions  over  sequences 
  (sampled  signals).  It  thus  seems  both  safe  and  cost  effective 
  to  try  to  compile  directly  those  descriptions  into  executable 
  code.  A  lot  of  work  has  been  done  so  as  to  get  efficient 
  compilation,  and  also  in  formal  verification.  The  language 
  has  been  used  in  nuclear  plant  control,  and  will  be  used  in 
  aircraft  control. 
 
  ["Outline  of  a  Real-Time  Data-Flow  Language",  J.-L.  Bergerand 
  et  al  Proc  IEE-CS  Real  Time  Systems  Symp,  San  Diego,  IEEE  Dec 
  1985,  pp  33-42]. 
 
  ["LUSTRE:  A  Declarative  Language  for  Programming  Synchronous 
  Systems",  P.  Caspi  et  al  Conf  Rec  14th  Ann  ACM  Symp  on  Princ 
  Prog  Langs,  1987]. 
 
  (1994-10-12) 
 
 




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