Lumière
Au·guste Ma·rie Louis Ni·co·las [oh-gystma-reelwee nee-kaw-lah], /oʊˈgüst maˈri lwi ni kɔˈlɑ/, 1862–1954, and his brother, Louis Jean [lwee zhahn], /lwi ʒɑ̃/, 1864–1948, French chemists and manufacturers of photographic materials: inventors of a motion-picture camera (1895) and a process of color photography.
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How to use Lumière in a sentence
And walking the long red carpet to the magnificent Grand Théâtre Lumière is a memory Squibb says she will never forget.
June Squibb, the Curse-Happy Elderly Mom In ‘Nebraska,’ Delivers the Year’s Funniest Turn | Marlow Stern | November 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThomas Edison and the Lumière brothers played a crucial part in launching a brand-new art form.
'The Artist,' 'Hugo,' and the History of Movies About Movies | Stephen Farber | December 28, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTC'est cet instinct, un antique instinct Germanique, que ces grands peintres de l'instinct mettent tous ici en Lumière!
Home Life in Germany | Mrs. Alfred SidgwickLa Lumière est venue, mes frères—et si vous ne la suivez pas—vous serez laissés seuls dans vos églises.
Seen and Unseen | E. Katharine BatesTo a limited extent the Lumière color process has been used in preparing slides.
College Teaching | Paul Klapper
As he spoke, a form swept past him, and a beautiful face full of scorn and passion gleamed on him through the demi-Lumière.
Sa Lumière se répandait insensiblement sur les montagnes de l'île et sur leurs pitons, qui brillaient d'un vert argenté.
The Beauties of Nature | Sir John Lubbock
British Dictionary definitions for Lumière
/ (French lymjɛr) /
Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas (oɡyst mari lwi nikɔlɑ). 1862–1954, and his brother, Louis Jean (lwi ʒɑ̃), 1864–1948, French chemists and cinema pioneers, who invented a cinematograph and a process of colour photography
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