"luminance" meaning in All languages combined

See luminance on Wiktionary

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, Physical quantities
    Sense id: en-luminance-en-noun-hSz6acYV Disambiguation of Light: 42 32 26 Disambiguation of Physical quantities: 15 38 47
  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): Physical quantities
    Sense id: en-luminance-en-noun-shuvYuVQ Disambiguation of Physical quantities: 15 38 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 44 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 46 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 47 48
  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): Physical quantities 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 Physical quantities: 15 38 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 44 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 42 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 46 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 47 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 37 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 39 51 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 39 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 11 39 50 Disambiguation of 'luminous intensity': 16 24 59
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, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

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