different between lamination vs lumination

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?læm.??ne?.??n/, /?læm.??ne?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

lamination (countable and uncountable, plural laminations)

1. The process of laminating, joining together thin layers.
2. Something made by laminating.
3. (topology) A foliation of a closed subset of a manifold by subspaces of one dimension less.
4. A layer of something that is laminated.
5. (geology) A small scale sequence of fine layers that occurs in sedimentary rocks.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• antimonial

English

Etymology

From luminate +? -ion, or a Latin *l?min?ti?, *l?min?ti?nem (“illumination”), from l?min?r, l?min?re (from l?min? (“to brighten, to illuminate; to reveal (throw light on)”), from l?men (“light”) (probably from l?x (“light”) + -men (“suffix forming neuter nouns of the third declension”)), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-s-men (“light”) (from Proto-Italic *louks, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; light; white”) + *-mn? (“suffix indicating a noun”))) + Latin -ti?, -ti?nem (“-tion, suffix forming a noun relating to some action or the result of an action”) (from Proto-Italic *-ti?, from Proto-Indo-European *-tis (“suffix forming nouns from verbs”)), equivalent to luminate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l(j)u?m??ne???n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /lum??ne???n/
• Hyphenation: lu?mi?na?tion

Noun

lumination (countable and uncountable, plural luminations)

1. (rare) Illumination; specifically, artificial illumination.

Synonyms

• brightening
• lighting
• illumination

Antonyms

• darkening
• shadowing

Derived terms

• translumination

Related terms

• illuminate
• illuminatingly
• illumine
• luminate (obsolete)
• lumine (obsolete)

Translations

Anagrams

• Toulminian