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solar luminosity

solar luminosity noun: a unit of radiant flux (power emitted in the form of photons) conventionally used by astronomers to measure the luminosity of stars, galaxies and other celestial objects in terms of the output of the Sun.

Noun

solar luminosity (plural solar luminosities)

  1. a unit of radiant flux (power emitted in the form of photons) conventionally used by astronomers to measure the luminosity of stars, galaxies and other celestial objects in terms of the output of the Sun.

Forms of solar luminosity

pluralsolar luminosities

Questions about solar luminosity

What does solar luminosity mean?
Solar luminosity means a unit of radiant flux (power emitted in the form of photons) conventionally used by astronomers to measure the luminosity of stars, galaxies and other celestial objects in terms of the output of the Sun.
What part of speech is solar luminosity?
Solar luminosity is a noun.
What is the plural of solar luminosity?
The plural of solar luminosity is solar luminosities.

Words near solar luminosity in the dictionary

  1. solar lamp
  2. solar lamps
  3. solar letter
  4. solar letters
  5. solar luminosities
  6. solar luminosity
  7. solar maculation
  8. solar mass
  9. solar masses
  10. solar maxima
  11. solar maximum

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