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ILLUMINANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does illuminance mean?
• ILLUMINANCE (noun)
The noun ILLUMINANCE has 1 sense:
1. the luminous flux incident on a unit area
Familiarity information: ILLUMINANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The luminous flux incident on a unit area
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
illuminance; illumination
Hypernyms ("illuminance" is a kind of...):
brightness; brightness level; light; luminance; luminosity; luminousness (the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light)
Context examples
A SI derived unit of illuminance equal to the direct illumination on a surface that is everywhere one meter from a uniform point source of one candela; a unit of illuminance that is equal to one lumen per square meter.
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