Lux (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Media
- Lux PrizeLux PrizeThe European Parliament LUX Prize, introduced in 2007, is a prize given to a competing film by the European Parliament. It is named after the unit of illuminance, "lux", which is Latin for "light"...
for European Cinema, given by the European Parliament - Lux Radio TheaterLux Radio TheaterLux Radio Theater, a long-run classic radio anthology series, was broadcast on the NBC Blue Network ; CBS and NBC . Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays during its first two seasons before it began adapting films. These hour-long radio programs were performed live before studio audiences...
, a former long-run classic radio anthology series - Lux (album), a 1995 album by britpop band Thurman
- Lux (video game), a computer strategy game
- Life UnexpectedLife UnexpectedLife Unexpected is an American television series that ran for two seasons, from 2010 to 2011.The show premiered on The CW on Monday, January 18, 2010. The 13-episode first season run ended on April 12, 2010...
, a TV series referred to as Lux in the early development stages
Companies and organizations
- LUXLUXLUX is the principal centre for the promotion and distribution of experimental film and video works in the UK.It has one of the largest collections of experimental film and video art and houses works of over 1000 artists...
, a UK organization established to promote and support artists' moving image work - Lux FilmLux FilmLux Film was an Italian film distributuion company founded by Riccardo Gualino in 1934.Gualino was an anti-fascist businessman who had clashed with the regime of Mussolini in 1931 and had been forced into internal exile on the island of Lipari. Founded in 1934, the Turin based company specialised...
, Italian film distribution and production company founded by Riccardo Gualino in 1934 - Lux ProductsLux ProductsLux Products Corporation is an American company that produces a variety of consumer products for the home, serving customers from private consumers to commercial contractors. It originally started as the Lux Clock Manufacturing Company of Waterbury Connecticut. Since that time, Lux has changed...
, an American manufacturer of thermostats, timers, and other appliances
Real persons (in chronological order)
- Adam LuxAdam LuxAdam Lux was a German revolutionary and sympathiser of the French Revolution.-Early life:Lux was born in Obernburg am Main, a village belonging to the Electorate of Mainz, as a farmer's son...
(1765–1793), German revolutionary - Gwen Creighton LuxGwen Creighton LuxGwen Lux Creighton was among America’s pioneer women sculptors .Lux was born in Chicago in 1908 and began her art studies in Detroit at age 14, taking classes with Mary Chase Perry Stratton at Pewabic Pottery...
(1908–2001), American sculptor - Lux Interior (1946–2009, real name Erick Lee Purkhiser), American singer, one of the founders of the punk band The Cramps
- Thomas LuxThomas Lux-Biography:Thomas Lux was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, son of a milkman and a Sears & Roebuck switchboard operator, neither of whom graduated from high school. Lux was raised in Massachusetts on a dairy farm. He was, according to those who knew him in high school, very good at baseball,...
(born 1946), American poet who currently holds the Bourne chair in poetry at the Georgia Institute of Technology - Josef Lux (1956–1999), Czech Christian democrat, leader of Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party during the 1990s
- Lucien LuxLucien LuxLucien Lux is a politician and trade unionist from Luxembourg. A member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party, Lux was in the government from 2004 until 2009, under Jean-Claude Juncker....
(born 1956), Luxembourgian politician - Loretta LuxLoretta LuxLoretta Lux was born in Dresden, East Germany and is a fine art photographer known for her surreal portraits of young children. She currently lives and works in Monaco....
(born 1969), German photographer, known for her surreal portraits of young children - Germán Lux (born 1982), Argentine association footballer
- Lux, on air personality at KPNT 105.7 The Point, St. Louis, MO
Fictional characters
- Lux Cassidy, main character in the CW drama Life UnexpectedLife UnexpectedLife Unexpected is an American television series that ran for two seasons, from 2010 to 2011.The show premiered on The CW on Monday, January 18, 2010. The 13-episode first season run ended on April 12, 2010...
- Lux Lisbon, 14-year-old character in the 1993 novel The Virgin SuicidesThe Virgin SuicidesThe Virgin Suicides is the 1993 debut novel by American writer Jeffrey Eugenides. The story, which is set in Grosse Pointe, Michigan during the 1970s, centers on the suicides of five sisters. The Lisbon girls' suicides fascinate their community as their neighbors struggle to find an explanation for...
and the 1999 film of the same name - Lux, character in the game League of LegendsLeague of LegendsThe BetFred League of Legends was a darts tournament featuring some of the legends of the game of darts which commenced in May 2008. The tournament is broadcast on Setanta Sports in the United Kingdom....
Places
, a small country in Western Europe- Several communes of FranceCommunes of FranceThe commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
:- Lux, Côte-d'OrLux, Côte-d'OrLux is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.-Population:-References:*...
- Lux, Haute-GaronneLux, Haute-GaronneLux is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...
- Lux, Saône-et-LoireLux, Saône-et-LoireLux is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France.-References:*...
- Lux, Côte-d'Or
Miscellaneous
- Lux, the in-residence choir of the Episcopal Church at the Princeton University ChapelPrinceton University ChapelThe Princeton University Chapel is located on Princeton University's main campus in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. It replaces an older chapel that burned down in 1920. Designed in 1921 by Ralph Adams Cram in his signature Collegiate Gothic style, it was built by the university between 1924...
- Lux (soap)Lux (soap)Lux is a global brand developed by Unilever. The range of products includes beauty soaps, shower gels, bath additives, hair shampoos and conditioners. Lux started as “Sunlight Flakes” laundry soap in 1899....
, a soap from Unilever (“Let there be lightLet there be light"Let there be light" is an English translation of the Hebrew יְהִי אוֹר . Other translations of the same phrase include the Latin phrase fiat lux, and the Greek phrase γενηθήτω φῶς . The phrase is often used for its metaphorical meaning of dispelling ignorance.The phrase comes from the third verse...
”), a phrase from the third verse of the book of Genesis - Lux, one of the guns of the character Jayne Cobb from the sci-fi TV series Firefly
Codes
- the country code for in many standards:
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3ISO 3166-1 alpha-3ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes are three-letter country codes defined in ISO 3166-1, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , to represent countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest...
- FIFA country code
- IOC country code
- NATO country code
- ITU letter code
- UNDP country code
- GOST 7.67GOST 7.67GOST 7.67 or ISO 3166-88 is GOST standard for country codes.The standard defines country names in Russian and English language, Cyrillic three-letter country codes, Latin three- and two-letter country codes, as well as numeric country codes...
Latin 3-letter code
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- The IATA airport code of Luxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg-Findel International AirportFindel Airport is the main airport in Luxembourg.It is Luxembourg's only international airport and is the only airport in the country with a paved runway. It is located away from Luxembourg City....
, the main airport of Luxembourg - The New York Stock Exchange ticker of LuxotticaLuxotticaLuxottica Group S.p.A. is the world's largest eyewear company. Its best known brands include Ray-Ban, Persol and Oakley, Inc.. It also makes sunglasses and prescription frames for a multitude of designer brands such as Chanel and Prada, whose designs and trademarks are used under license...
, an international eyewear company
Science and technology
- Conway's LUX method for magic squaresConway's LUX method for magic squaresConway's LUX method for magic squares is an algorithm by John Horton Conway for creating magic squares of order 4n+2, where n is a natural number.-Method:Start by creating a -by- square array consisting of...
, an algorithm for creating magic squares of order
, where 
is a positive natural number - Large Underground Xenon DetectorLarge Underground Xenon DetectorThe Large Underground Xenon Detector is a 350 kg two-phase liquid xenon detector of dark matter particles. Liquid xenon both scintillates and becomes ionized when hit by particles . The ratio of scintillation over ionization energy caused by the collision provides a way of identifying the...
, a detector of dark matter particles being built in the Homestake Mine in Lead, SD