Definition of "lucent" []

• Giving off light; luminous. (adjective)
• Translucent; clear. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The word lucent means ‘glowing with light’ and ‘marked by clarity.’"
• "Each body bag has this kind of lucent quality, not quite see-through while at the same time not entirely filled in."
• "Wonder if – given the lower and lower mkt caps out there now … HP might even want to look at someone like Juniper or alcatel-lucent … to get more head on"