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millilumen

millilumen noun: one thousandth (10⁻³) of a lumen.

Noun

millilumen (plural millilumens)

  1. One thousandth (10⁻³) of a lumen.
    • Two sine-wave experiments were performed: one with a large swing in amplitude approximately 7.5 millilumens; and one with a smaller amplitude, approximately 1.9 millilumens.1968, Lawrence Stark, “The Pupillary Control System: Its Nonlinear Adaptive and Stochastic Engineering Design Characteristics”, in IFAC Proceedings Volumes, volume 2, number 4, →DOI, page 525

Forms of millilumen

pluralmillilumens

Origin of millilumen

From milli- + lumen.

Questions about millilumen

What does millilumen mean?
Millilumen means one thousandth (10⁻³) of a lumen.
What part of speech is millilumen?
Millilumen is a noun.
What is the plural of millilumen?
The plural of millilumen is millilumens.

Words near millilumen in the dictionary

  1. milliliters
  2. millilitre
  3. millilitres
  4. millillion
  5. millillions
  6. millilumen
  7. millilumens
  8. millilux
  9. millim
  10. millimagnitude
  11. millimagnitudes

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