lambert

¹

[ lam-bert ]

noun

, Optics.

1. the centimeter-gram-second unit of luminance or brightness, equivalent to 0.32 candles per square centimeter, and equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface emitting or reflecting one lumen per square centimeter. : L

Lambert

²

[ lam-bert; German lahm-bert ]

noun

1. Con·stant [kon, -st, uh, nt], 1905–51, English composer and conductor.
2. Jo·hann Hein·rich [yoh, -hahn , hahyn, -, r, i, kh], 1728–77, German scientist and mathematician.
3. a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “land” and “bright.”

Lambert

¹

/ ˈlæmbət /

noun

1. LambertConstant19051951MEnglishMUSIC: composerMUSIC: conductor Constant. 1905–51, English composer and conductor. His works include much ballet music and The Rio Grande (1929), a work for chorus, orchestra, and piano, using jazz idioms

lambert

²

/ ˈlæmbət /

noun

1. the cgs unit of illumination, equal to 1 lumen per square centimetre L

lambert

/ lăm′bərt /

1. A unit of luminance in the centimeter-gram-second system, equivalent to the luminance of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter. The lambert is named after the Swiss mathematician and physicist Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777).

Word History and Origins

Origin of lambert¹

First recorded in 1910–15; named after J. H. Lambert

Word History and Origins

Origin of lambert¹

named after J. H. Lambert (1728–77), German mathematician and physicist

Example Sentences

Sofi Tukker headlines on June 4, with Hayley Kiyoko topping the bill on June 5, and Lambert himself leading the pack for closing night on June 6.

From Washington Blade

Lambert’s The Marfa Tapes is the stronger and more startling of the pair.

From Time

Lambert, on her own, has churned out hit after hit, but she’s a rare outlier in the genre.

From Time

That idea is one of many theories for how life on Earth began, Lambert says.

From Science News

Or, Lambert says, some women may have fought in battles to defend their children or village.

From Science News For Students

“But you must have done something to deserve it,” Lambert recalled Bodenheimer saying before he walked off.

From The Daily Beast

Still, Lambert says, he was surprised to hear about the allegations of sexual abuse.

From The Daily Beast

Kelly G. Lambert, a neuroscientist at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, studies parenting behavior in lab animals.

From The Daily Beast

Frank Lambert (Patrick Duffy), Step by Step Divorce is hard.

From The Daily Beast

Thankfully, Lambert has not restricted his artistic endeavours to iPads.

From The Daily Beast

You had better go to the Villa Lambert and arrange for taking up our quarters there, if you like the place.

From Project Gutenberg

The next day the two English ladies left the Villa Lambert in an open carriage.

From Project Gutenberg

Gensonné picked up a lock of his black hair, and gave it to the Abbé Lambert to give to his wife.

From Project Gutenberg

He once gainsaid the talent of Louis Lambert, his Vendome school-mate.

From Project Gutenberg

Lambert Simnel, who had been crowned in Ireland, received the king's pardon, and was made a scullion in the royal kitchen.

From Project Gutenberg