Lumière

[ ly-myer ]

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noun

Au·guste Ma·rie Louis Ni·co·las [oh-, gyst, m, a, -, ree, lwee nee-kaw-, lah], 1862–1954, and his brother, Louis Jean [lweezhah, n], 1864–1948, French chemists and manufacturers of photographic materials: inventors of a motion-picture camera (1895) and a process of color photography.

Lumière

/ lymjɛr /

LumièreAuguste Marie Louis Nicolas18621954MFrenchSCIENCE: chemistFILMS AND TV: pioneer 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

And walking the long red carpet to the magnificent Grand Théâtre Lumière is a memory Squibb says she will never forget.

Thomas Edison and the Lumière brothers played a crucial part in launching a brand-new art form.

C'est cet instinct, un antique instinct Germanique, que ces grands peintres de l'instinct mettent tous ici en lumière!

La lumière est venue, mes frères—et si vous ne la suivez pas—vous serez laissés seuls dans vos églises.

To a limited extent the Lumière color process has been used in preparing slides.

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.

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