Words Like LUMINANCE

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6 Alternative Words Similar to luminance

1 Luminosity Noun      Synonym Words Like Luminosity
2 Brightness Noun      Synonym Words Like Brightness
3 Luminousness Noun      Synonym Words Like Luminousness
4 Light Noun      Synonym Words Like Light
5 Glow Noun      Hyponym Words Like Glow
6 Illumination Noun      Hyponym Words Like Illumination

6 definitions of luminance

1 the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
2 The condition or quality of being luminous.
3 Physics The intensity of light per unit area of its source.
4 Luminousness: as, the luminance of the stars.
5 the quality of being luminous
6 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
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