Lux (disambiguation)
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Lux is the SI unit of illuminance and luminous emittance.
Lux or LUX may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
- Lux Prize for European Cinema, given by the European Parliament
- Lux Radio Theatre, a former American long-run classic radio anthology series
- Lux (album), a 2012 album by Brian Eno
- Lux, a 1995 album by Thurman
- Lux (Gemini Syndrome album), 2013
- Lux (video game), a 2002 computer strategy game
- Life Unexpected, an American TV series referred to as Lux in the early development stages
- Lux Style Awards, a Pakistani entertainment industry awards ceremony
Fictional entities
- Lux Cassidy, main character in the American TV drama Life Unexpected
- Lux Lisbon, 14-year-old character in the 1993 novel The Virgin Suicides and the 1999 film of the same name
- Lux, the Lady of Luminosity, a playable champion character in the video game League of Legends
- Lux Arcadia, main character in the light novel series Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle
- Lux, one of the guns of the character Jayne Cobb from the sci-fi TV series Firefly
Organizations
- LUX (UK film company), for the promotion and distribution of experimental film and video works in the UK
- Lux Film, an Italian film distribution and production company founded by Riccardo Gualino in 1934
- Lux Products, an American manufacturer of thermostats, timers, and other appliances
- LUX* Resorts & Hotels, a hotel operator based in Mauritius
- Luxottica (New York Stock Exchange ticker), an international eyewear company
Science and technology
- Conway's LUX method for magic squares, an algorithm for creating magic squares
- Large Underground Xenon experiment (LUX), at the Sanford Underground Research Facility, South Dakota, U.S.
- LUX, a gene involved in the circadian rhythms of Arabidopsis thaliana
- Lux operon, an operon related to bioluminescence; See Luminescent bacteria
People
- Adam Lux (1765–1793), German revolutionary
- Gwen Lux (1908–1987), American sculptor
- Lux Interior (1946–2009, real name Erick Lee Purkhiser), American singer, one of the founders of the punk band The Cramps
- Thomas Lux (1946–2017), American poet who held 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 Lux (born 1956), Luxembourgian politician
- Loretta Lux (born 1969), German photographer, known for her surreal portraits of young children
- Kazimierz Lux (1780–1846), Polish soldier and pirate
- Germán Lux (born 1982), Argentine association footballer
Places
- Luxembourg, a country in Western Europe
- Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (IATA airport code), the main airport of Luxembourg
France
Other uses
- Dudek Lux, a Polish paraglider design
- Lux (soap), a soap from Unilever
- Lux, a Danish barley variety
See also
- "400 Lux", a song by Lorde on the Pure Heroine album
- “Let there be light” (Latin: Fiat lux), a phrase from the third verse of the book of Genesis
- Lx (disambiguation)
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