"luminosity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: luminosities [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒsɪti Etymology: From French luminosité or luminous + -ity. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|luminosité}} French luminosité, {{suffix|en|luminous|ity}} luminous + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} luminosity (countable and uncountable, plural luminosities)
  1. (uncountable) the state of being luminous, or a luminous object; brilliance or radiance Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Light Translations (state of being luminous): valoisuus (Finnish), luminosité [feminine] (French), სხივიერობა (sxivieroba) (Georgian), სხივოსნობა (sxivosnoba) (Georgian), Helligkeit [feminine] (German), αντιφέγγισμα (antiféngisma) [neuter] (Greek), kilau (Indonesian), luminosità [feminine] (Italian), 발광성 (balgwangseong) (Korean), luminozitate (Romanian), свечение (svečenije) [neuter] (Russian), luminosidad [feminine] (Spanish), parlaklık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-luminosity-en-noun-ubtKPGPY Disambiguation of Light: 43 32 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 37 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 39 37 23 Disambiguation of 'state of being luminous': 74 20 6
  2. (physics) the ratio of luminous flux to radiant flux at the same wavelength; the luminosity factor Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Translations (ratio of luminous to radiant flux): luminositeetti (Finnish), säteilyteho (Finnish), Leuchtkraft [feminine] (German), φωτεινότητα (foteinótita) [feminine] (Greek), luminosità [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-luminosity-en-noun-UdPBvuQX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 37 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 39 37 23 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'ratio of luminous to radiant flux': 27 69 4
  3. (astronomy) the rate at which a star radiates energy in all directions Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Astronomy Translations (rate at which a star radiates energy): luminositeetti (Finnish), säteilyteho (Finnish), Leuchtkraft [feminine] (German), φωτεινότητα (foteinótita) [feminine] (Greek), luminosità [feminine] (Italian), luminositet [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), luminositet [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), luminosidad [feminine] (Spanish), kadir (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-luminosity-en-noun-jYyoTHuZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 37 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 39 37 23 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'rate at which a star radiates energy': 11 10 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Eddington luminosity, high-luminosity, low-luminosity, luminosity distance, luminosity function, solar luminosity

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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rate at which a star radiates energy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Leuchtkraft"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "foteinótita",
      "sense": "rate at which a star radiates energy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "φωτεινότητα"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "rate at which a star radiates energy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "luminosità"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "rate at which a star radiates energy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "luminositet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "rate at which a star radiates energy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "luminositet"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rate at which a star radiates energy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "luminosidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "rate at which a star radiates energy",
      "word": "kadir"
    }
  ],
  "word": "luminosity"
}

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