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steradiancies

steradiancies is the plural of steradiancy.

Meaning of steradiancy

Noun

steradiancy (countable and uncountable, plural steradiancies)

  1. The rate of radiation transfer from a surface for each steradian of solid angle in a specified direction per unit area of cross section of the radiation perpendicular to that direction
    • Such sources usually attain brilliance by high current densities in small volumes. The total energy output may therefore be less than a greatly extended source of low steradiancy.1954, Alexander Hollaender, Radiation Biology: Ultraviolet and related radiations, page 123

Questions about steradiancies

What is steradiancies the plural of?
Steradiancies is the plural of steradiancy.

Words near steradiancies in the dictionary

  1. stepwise
  2. stepwisely
  3. stepwives
  4. stepwork
  5. steradian
  6. steradiancies
  7. steradiancy
  8. steradians
  9. sterane
  10. steranes
  11. Sterba

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