"luminance" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: luminances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} luminance (countable and uncountable, plural luminances)
  1. The quality of being luminous. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Light
    Sense id: en-luminance-en-noun-hSz6acYV Disambiguation of Light: 36 38 25
  2. The amount of light that passes through, is emitted, or is reflected from a particular area, and falls within a given solid angle. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Light
    Sense id: en-luminance-en-noun-shuvYuVQ Disambiguation of Light: 36 38 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 44 46
  3. The luminous flux emitted in a given direction divided by the product of the projected area of the source element perpendicular to the direction and the solid angle containing that direction (i.e. luminous intensity divided by unit area), measured in stilbs or apostilbs. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Light Translations (luminous intensity): осветеност (osvetenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), luminanssi (Finnish), valotiheys (Finnish), Leuchtdichte [feminine] (German), luminância [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-luminance-en-noun-TyxmuGAd Disambiguation of Light: 36 38 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Physical quantities Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 44 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 27 60 Disambiguation of Physical quantities: 11 38 51 Disambiguation of 'luminous intensity': 20 18 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: photometric brightness Related terms: brightness

Noun [French]

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-luminance.wav Forms: luminances [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} luminance f (plural luminances)
  1. luminance Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-luminance-fr-noun-HQddCWon Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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