luminance
The quality of being luminousThe quality of being luminous.
» Due to their huge size and luminance, they easily qualify as “first magnitude” stars.
Wegen ihrer enormen Ausmaße und Leuchtkraft qualifizieren sie sich mit Leichtigkeit als Sterne „1. Größe“.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The quality of being luminous.
the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
(countable, uncountable)The amount of light that passes through, is emitted, or is reflected from a particular area, and falls within a given solid angle.
(countable, uncountable)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.
Leuchtdichte
Examples
1 sentencesDue to their huge size and luminance, they easily qualify as “first magnitude” stars.
deWegen ihrer enormen Ausmaße und Leuchtkraft qualifizieren sie sich mit Leichtigkeit als Sterne „1. Größe“. — Yorwba
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
plural: luminances| Singular | luminance |
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Synonyms
6 synonyms- the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light:luminositybrightnessbrightness levelluminousnesslight
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable