Lux (disambiguation)
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Lux may refer to:
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[edit] Real people
- Adam Lux, German revolutionary
- Gwen Creighton Lux (1908-2001), an American sculptor
- Lux Interior, a singer for The Cramps
- Thomas Lux, American poet who currently holds the Bourne chair in poetry at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
[edit] Fictional characters
- Lux Lisbon, a fictional 14-year-old character in the 1993 novel The Virgin Suicides and the 1999 film of the same name, in which she is portrayed by Kirsten Dunst.
[edit] Places
- Lux, Côte-d'Or, in the Côte-d'Or département, a Commune in France
- Lux, Haute-Garonne, in the Haute-Garonne département, a Commune in France
- Lux, Saône-et-Loire, in the Saône-et-Loire département, a Commune in France
- Luxembourg, a small country in Western Europe
[edit] Other meanings
- Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (IATA Airport Code LUX)
- Lux, a unit of measurement of illuminance or illumination
- Conway's LUX method for magic squares, an algorithm for creating magic squares of order 4n + 2, where n is a positive natural number
- LUX, an organization established to promote and support artists' moving image work
- Lux (choir) is the in-residence choir of the Episcopal Church at the Princeton University Chapel
- Lux (computer game), a computer strategy game
- Lux (soap), a soap from Unilever
- Lux International AG[1], now independent manufacturer of high-end household appliances, former direct selling division of Electrolux, the Swedish manufacturer of vacuum cleaners and other household appliances;[2] Electrolux remains the main supplier and an important partner.[3]
- Large Underground Xenon Detector, often abbreviated LUX.