luminance
the state or quality of being luminous.
Also called luminosity. the quality or condition of radiating or reflecting light: the blinding luminance of the sun.
Optics. the quantitative measure of brightness of a light source or an illuminated surface, equal to luminous flux per unit solid angle emitted per unit projected area of the source or surface.
Origin of luminance
1Words Nearby luminance
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How to use luminance in a sentence
The TV also gets up to 700 nits peak brightness, creating greater luminance and contrast—even in bright rooms.
That meant you’d be spending all night in the lab trying, through trial and error, to find a pattern in a cell’s responses by playing with the location, size, or luminance of the spot.
The Accident That Led to Machines That Can See - Issue 107: The Edge | Phil Jaekl | October 20, 2021 | NautilusA few fluoros cast wan puddles of luminance on the plastic flooring.
The Sensitive Man | Poul William AndersonStill the whole machine is clear-cut to the smallest wire in their all-exposing luminance.
'Green Balls' | Paul BewsherThe remainder of the big room receded into a grey twilight encircling the patch of luminance.
The Lamp of Fate | Margaret Pedler
A luminance seemed to come from above, from the unseen heights of the magnificent double staircase.
Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) | Arnold BennettThe silhouette disappeared, and, shortly afterwards, the gray luminance.
The Yellow Claw | Sax Rohmer
British Dictionary definitions for luminance
/ (ˈluːmɪnəns) /
a state or quality of radiating or reflecting light
a measure (in candelas per square metre) of the brightness of a point on a surface that is radiating or reflecting light. It is the luminous intensity in a given direction of a small element of surface area divided by the orthogonal projection of this area onto a plane at right angles to the direction: Symbol: L
Origin of luminance
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for luminance
[ lōō′mə-nəns ]
The luminous intensity of a light source per unit area. Occasionally the lambert unit is used to measure luminance. Also called photometric brightness
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