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stilb

stilb noun: a unit of luminance equal to one candela per square centimetre.

Noun

stilb (plural stilbs)

  1. a unit of luminance equal to one candela per square centimetre

stilb meaning in Tamil

stilb in Tamil

தில்பு

Forms of stilb

pluralstilbs

Origin of stilb

Coined by the French physicist André Blondel around 1920, from Ancient Greek στίλβω (stílbō, “I glitter”).

Questions about stilb

What does stilb mean?
Stilb means a unit of luminance equal to one candela per square centimetre.
What is stilb in Tamil?
Stilb in Tamil is தில்பு. See Stilb meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stilb?
Stilb is a noun.
What is the plural of stilb?
The plural of stilb is stilbs.

Words near stilb in the dictionary

  1. Stikeman
  2. Stikine
  3. Stiklestad
  4. stil de grain
  5. stilar
  6. stilb
  7. stilbaceous
  8. stilbene
  9. stilbenes
  10. stilbenic
  11. stilbenoid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stilb (page history and authors); stilb (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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