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Luminance

see synonyms of luminance

Noun

1. brightness, brightness level, light, luminance, luminosity, luminousness

the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light

Example Sentences:
'its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Luminance

see synonyms of luminance
noun
1. 
a state or quality of radiating or reflecting light
2. 
a measure (in candelas per square metre) of the brightness of a point on a surface that is radiating or reflecting light. It is the luminous intensity in a given direction of a small element of surface area divided by the orthogonal projection of this area onto a plane at right angles to the direction
. Symbol: L

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Luminance

see synonyms of luminance
noun
1. 
the quality or state of being luminous
2. 
a measure of the brightness of a luminous surface, measured in candelas per unit area

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Luminance

see synonyms of luminance
n.
1. The condition or quality of being luminous.
2. Physics The intensity of light per unit area of its source. Also called photometric brightness.

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