noun
definition
Something that illuminates.
adjective
definition
That illuminates.
Examples of illuminant in a Sentence
Its earliest employment in industry was as an illuminant, and dates back to the early part of the 19th century.
Moreover the chief object of the Petroleum Acts passed in the United Kingdom has hitherto been to regulate storage, and it has always been possible to obtain oils either of higher or lower flash-point, when such are preferred, irrespective of the legal standard, in addition to which it may be asserted that in a properly constructed lamp used with reasonable care the ordinary oil of commerce is a safe illuminant.
Petroleum has been used to some extent both as a fuel and as an illuminant.
The general illuminant is electricity, and both electrical and gas services are owned by the municipality.
It is clear that acetylene, if it is to be used on a large scale as a domestic illuminant, must undergo such processes of purification as will render it harmless and innocuous to health and property, and the sooner it is recognized as absolutely essential to purify acetylene before consuming it the sooner will the gas acquire the popularity it deserves.
When acetylene was first introduced as a commercial illuminant in England, very small union jet nipples were utilized for its consumption, but after burning for a short time these nipples began to carbonize, the flame being distorted, and then smoking occurred with the formation of a heavy deposit of soot.
The Boulder district developed very rapidly after 1902; its product is a high-grade illuminant with paraffin base.
The gas which is obtained by the destructive distillation of coal, and which we employ as our chief illuminant, is not a definite com pound, but a mechanical mixture of several gases, some Gaseous .
From this input data we want to recover an estimate of the unknown illuminant.
This is defined to be the set of all sensor responses obtained by viewing all physically realizable surface reflectances under a canonical illuminant.
The introduction of gas as an illuminant, about 1816, at once induced a large demand and a novel description of metal fitting; and the craft fell under the control of a new commercial class, intent on breaking with past traditions, and utilizing steam power, electro-deposition, and every mechanical and scientific invention tending to economize metal or labour.