"luminosity" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-luminosity.wav Forms: luminosities [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒsɪti Etymology: Borrowed from French luminosité, equivalent to luminous + -ity. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|luminosité}} Borrowed from French luminosité, {{af|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)
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  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)
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  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)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Eddington luminosity, high-luminosity, low-luminosity, luminosity distance, luminosity function, solar luminosity

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "the state of being luminous, or a luminous object; brilliance or radiance"
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        "(uncountable) the state of being luminous, or a luminous object; brilliance or radiance"
      ],
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      ]
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        "the ratio of luminous flux to radiant flux at the same wavelength; the luminosity factor"
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        "(physics) the ratio of luminous flux to radiant flux at the same wavelength; the luminosity factor"
      ],
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        "countable",
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      ],
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    },
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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          "text": "We recognize the same pattern as in the left panel, with dM stars being much less frequent flarers than dMe stars of similar luminosity.",
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        },
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        "The rate at which a star radiates energy in all directions."
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        "(astronomy) The rate at which a star radiates energy in all directions."
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of being luminous",
      "word": "valoisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "state of being luminous",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sxivieroba",
      "sense": "state of being luminous",
      "word": "სხივიერობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sxivosnoba",
      "sense": "state of being luminous",
      "word": "სხივოსნობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being luminous",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Helligkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "antiféngisma",
      "sense": "state of being luminous",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "αντιφέγγισμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "state of being luminous",
      "word": "kilau"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of being luminous",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "luminosità"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "balgwangseong",
      "sense": "state of being luminous",
      "word": "발광성"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of being luminous",
      "word": "luminozitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "svečenije",
      "sense": "state of being luminous",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "свечение"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of being luminous",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "luminosidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state of being luminous",
      "word": "parlaklık"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ratio of luminous to radiant flux",
      "word": "luminositeetti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ratio of luminous to radiant flux",
      "word": "säteilyteho"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ratio of luminous to radiant flux",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Leuchtkraft"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "foteinótita",
      "sense": "ratio of luminous to radiant flux",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "φωτεινότητα"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ratio of luminous to radiant flux",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "luminosità"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rate at which a star radiates energy",
      "word": "luminositeetti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rate at which a star radiates energy",
      "word": "säteilyteho"
    },
    {
      "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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