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Translingual
Symbol
alx
- (metrology) Symbol for attolux, an SI unit of illumination equal to 10−18 lux.
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
alx f (genitive alcis); third declension
- medieval spelling of alcēs
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- alx in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “alx (genet. alcis) (germ.)”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 39/1
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