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luminances

luminances is the plural of luminance.

Meaning of luminance

Noun

luminance (countable and uncountable, plural luminances)

  1. The quality of being luminous.
  2. The amount of light that passes through, is emitted, or is reflected from a particular area, and falls within a given solid angle.
  3. 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.

Questions about luminances

What is luminances the plural of?
Luminances is the plural of luminance.

Words near luminances in the dictionary

  1. luminaire
  2. luminaires
  3. luminal
  4. luminally
  5. luminance
  6. luminances
  7. luminant
  8. luminants
  9. luminaphone
  10. luminaphones
  11. luminar

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