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luminous intensity
noun
, Optics.
- the luminous flux in lumens emitted per unit solid angle by a light source, measured in candles.
luminous intensity
noun
- a measure of the amount of light that a point source radiates in a given direction. It is expressed by the luminous flux leaving the source in that direction per unit of solid angle Iv
luminous intensity
- The luminous flux per unit solid angle (per steradian), as measured in a given direction relative to a light source. Its unit is the candela.
- See also luminance
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The sky in the East was soft with that luminous intensity, as of a melted sapphire, that comes just before the dawn.
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The luminous intensity of the oxyhydrogen lime-light as used in practice was generally from 200 to 400 candle-power.
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Their luminous intensity and illuminating value became units just as the foot was arbitrarily adopted as a unit of length.
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Rumford and also Fresnel devised multiple-wick burners, thus increasing the luminous intensity.
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For this reason a red light would have a greater range than a blue light of the same luminous intensity.
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