luminance unit 1
noundomain: quantity
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
a measure of luminance
Hypernym
light unit 1
noun
a measure of the visible electromagnetic radiation
EnglishHyponym
nit 1
noun
a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
foot-lambert 1
noun
a former luminance unit equal to one lumen per square foot
apostilb 1
noun
an old unit of luminance, withdrawn from use in 1978, the SI unit of luminance is the candela per square metre.
stilb 1
noun
the CGS unit of luminance for objects that are not self-luminous, equal to one candela per square centimeter.
