Luminance

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The condition or quality of being luminous.
  • n. Physics The intensity of light per unit area of its source.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the quality of being luminous
  • n. the luminous flux emitted in a given direction divided by the product of the projected area of the source element perpendicular to the direction and the solid angle containing that direction, i.e. luminous intensity divided by unit area; measured in stilbs or apostilbs
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Luminousness: as, the luminance of the stars.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    physical property   
    Cross Reference
    brightness   
    Hyponym
    luminescence    illuminance    glow    illumination    incandescence   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    photometric brightness   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    illuminance    phosphorescence    luminescence    wecan    exitance   
     
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