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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lucernal \Lu*cer"nal\, a. [L. lucerna a lamp.]
   Of or pertaining to a lamp.
   [1913 Webster]

   Lucernal microscope, a form of the microscope in which the
      object is illuminated by means of a lamp, and its image is
      thrown upon a plate of ground glass connected with the
      instrument, or on a screen independent of it.
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