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LUMINANCE UNIT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does luminance unit mean?

• LUMINANCE UNIT (noun)
The noun LUMINANCE UNIT has 1 sense:

1. a measure of luminance

Familiarity information: LUMINANCE UNIT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LUMINANCE UNIT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A measure of luminance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("luminance unit" is a kind of...):

light unit (a measure of the visible electromagnetic radiation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "luminance unit"):

nit (a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source)

foot-lambert; ft-L (a former luminance unit equal to one lumen per square foot)

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