Lustra

Word LUSTRA
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Definitions and meanings of "Lustra"

What do we mean by lustra?

Latin plural of lustrum. noun

Plural form of lustrum. noun

A ceremonial purification of all the people, performed every five years after the taking of the census; a lustration.

(by extension) A period of five years.

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The word "lustra" in example sentences

Lugesin juttu «Mirror, Mirror, Off the Wall» kõigepealt poolakeelse ajakirja «Fantastyka» 1989. aasta juulinumbris, kus see kandis pealkirja «Moggropple po tamtej stronie lustra». ❋ Ulmeguru (2008)

Corvorum, ferarum, aprorum et bestiarum lustra, like so many wildernesses, a receptacle of wild beasts. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But that, for the sake of assisting their memory, men number among themselves years and months; that of these, they form lustra and olympiads; that they keep stated days; this I say, is peculiar to civil polity. ❋ 1509-1564 (1996)

= Compare xvi 13-14 'Vlixem/errantem saeuo per _duo lustra_ mari' and _AA_ III 15-16 'est pia Penelope _lustris_ errante ❋ 43 BC-18? Ovid (N/A)

The authors enter a protest against the term 'artificial silk' as applied to these products, and suggest 'lustra-cellulose.' ❋ C. F. Cross (N/A)

_Concentrated nitric acid_ attacks the natural silks powerfully in the cold; the lustra-celluloses dissolve on heating. ❋ C. F. Cross (N/A)

He accepted of the tribunitian power for life, but more than once chose a colleague in that office for two lustra [147] successively. ❋ Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (N/A)

_Millon's reagent_, at the boiling solution, colours the natural silks violet: the lustra-celluloses give no reaction. ❋ C. F. Cross (N/A)

In this solution the China silk dissolved at the ordinary temperature; Tussah silk and the lustra-celluloses were not appreciably affected. ❋ C. F. Cross (N/A)

_Industrial applications_ of the lustra-celluloses are briefly noticed in the concluding section of the book. ❋ C. F. Cross (N/A)

CrO_ {3} -- solution dissolves both the natural silks and the lustra-celluloses at the boiling temperature of the solution. ❋ C. F. Cross (N/A)

Both the natural silks and lustra-celluloses are attacked at 100°, and on raising the temperature the further actions are as follows: China silk is completely dissolved at 110-120°; Tussah silk at 130-135°; the collodion products at ❋ C. F. Cross (N/A)

The author and the Vereinigte Glanzstoff-Fabriken after long investigation have decided to make nothing but the lustra-cellulose (2) and (3). ❋ C. F. Cross (N/A)

The industry in 'artificial silks' or 'lustra-celluloses,' by the collodion processes also, whilst presenting features of unusual interest attaching to rapid expansion, has been barren of contribution of fundamental scientific or technical importance. ❋ C. F. Cross (N/A)

_ -- The natural silks do not soften in the mouth as do the lustra-celluloses. ❋ C. F. Cross (N/A)

The China silk was dissolved by this reagent; Tussah silk and the lustra-celluloses entirely resisted its action. ❋ C. F. Cross (N/A)

The author remarks that though it has a certain interest to have succeeded in making a thread from this compound and thus adding another to the processes existing for this purpose, he is not of opinion that it shows any advance on the lustra-cellulose (2) and (3). ❋ C. F. Cross (N/A)

At this date the lustra-celluloses known may be divided into four classes. ❋ C. F. Cross (N/A)

In this reagent also the China silk dissolved, and the Tussah silk as well as the lustra-celluloses underwent no appreciable change. ❋ C. F. Cross (N/A)

_Fehling's solution_ is a solvent of the natural silks, but is without action on the lustra-celluloses. ❋ C. F. Cross (N/A)

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