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radiances

radiances is the plural of radiance.

Meaning of radiance

Noun

radiance (countable and uncountable, plural radiances)

  1. The quality or state of being radiant; shining, bright or splendid.
    • Girt with omnipotence, with radiance crowned.1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  2. The flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source.

Questions about radiances

What is radiances the plural of?
Radiances is the plural of radiance.

Words near radiances in the dictionary

  1. radialmost
  2. radials
  3. radian
  4. radiance
  5. radiance field
  6. radiances
  7. radiancies
  8. radiancy
  9. radians
  10. radiansphere
  11. radianspheres

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