Illuminant is an English word with synonyms like fuel. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Illuminant meaning
Something that illuminates.
Synonyms of Illuminant
Using Illuminant
- The main meaning on this page is: Something that illuminates.
- Useful related words include: fuel.
Context around Illuminant
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Illuminant
- In this selection, "illuminant" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include as an illuminant in the and when the illuminant is not. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "illuminant" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with illuminant
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Electric lighting started displacing kerosene as an illuminant in the late 19th century, especially in urban areas. (17 words)
When the illuminant is not a point source, the inverse square rule is often still a useful approximation; when the size of the light source is less than one-fifth of the distance to the subject, the calculation error is less than 1%. (43 words)
When the illuminant is not a point source, the inverse square rule is often still a useful approximation; when the size of the light source is less than one-fifth of the distance to the subject, the calculation error is less than 1%. (43 words)
Electric lighting started displacing kerosene as an illuminant in the late 19th century, especially in urban areas. (17 words)
Example sentences (2)
Electric lighting started displacing kerosene as an illuminant in the late 19th century, especially in urban areas.
When the illuminant is not a point source, the inverse square rule is often still a useful approximation; when the size of the light source is less than one-fifth of the distance to the subject, the calculation error is less than 1%.