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Illuminance

The luminous flux incident on unit area of a surface; measured in lux or lumens.

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The luminous flux incident on unit area of a surface; measured in lux or lumens.

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illuminationnoun	The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.

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Word	Definition
illuminationnoun	The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
lightnoun	(physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
luminancenoun	The quality of being luminous.
luminous intensitynoun	(physics) A measure of the power emitted by a source of light; equal to the flux density per solid angle.
lumennoun	(physics) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm.
density of lightnoun	The amount of light falling on a given area, as measured by units such as the lumen.
luminous fluxnoun	In photometry, the measure of the power of light as perceived by the human eye, in proportion to the power at each wavelength.
luminositynoun	(uncountable) the state of being luminous, or a luminous object; brilliance or radiance
lambertnoun	A number of places in the United States:
irradiancenoun	(physics) The radiant power received by unit area of surface.
radiancenoun	The quality or state of being radiant; shining, bright or splendid.
ionoluminescencenoun	(physics) Light emission caused by ion irradiation.
emittancenoun	The quantity of luminous flux emitted per unit area.
intensitynoun	The quality of being intense.
solar luminositynoun	a unit of radiant flux (power emitted in the form of photons) conventionally used by astronomers to measure the luminosity of stars, galaxies and other celestial objects in terms of the output of the Sun.
luminous energynoun	(physics) The radiant energy of the visible portion of a spectrum of light
lumen secondnoun	(physics) A derived SI unit of luminous energy.
lumen-hournoun	The quantity of light equal to a lumen radiated or received in one hour.
luminescencenoun	(physics) Any emission of light that cannot be attributed merely to the temperature of the emitting body.
light intensitynoun	The amount of light emitted by a light source.