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irradiance

/ɪˈɹeɪ.di.əns/

irradiance noun: the act of irradiating; emission of rays of light.

Noun

irradiance (countable and uncountable, plural irradiances)

  1. The act of irradiating; emission of rays of light.
  2. That which irradiates or is irradiated; lustre; splendour; brilliancy.
  3. The radiant power received by unit area of surface.
    • The geometry of the cone θ and the irradiance at the image of the carbon block were used to determine the absolute steradiancy of the energy in the cone θ as a radiometer calibration value.1959, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA Technical Note (issues 3641-3650, page 15)

irradiance meaning in Tamil

irradiance in Tamil

கதிரூட்டுமை

Forms of irradiance

pluralirradiances

Origin of irradiance

From irradiant + -ance.

Questions about irradiance

What does irradiance mean?
Irradiance means the act of irradiating; emission of rays of light.
What is irradiance in Tamil?
Irradiance in Tamil is கதிரூட்டுமை. See Irradiance meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is irradiance?
Irradiance is a noun.
How do you pronounce irradiance?
Irradiance is pronounced /ɪˈɹeɪ.di.əns/.
What is the plural of irradiance?
The plural of irradiance is irradiances.

Words near irradiance in the dictionary

  1. IRQ
  2. IRQL
  3. IRQLs
  4. IRQs
  5. IRR
  6. irradiance
  7. irradiances
  8. irradiancies
  9. irradiancy
  10. irradiant
  11. irradiate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: irradiance (page history and authors); irradiance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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