Luminosity
[loo-muh-nos-i-tee] /ˌlu məˈnɒs ɪ ti/
noun, plural luminosities.
1.
(def 2).
2.
the quality of being intellectually brilliant, enlightened, inspired, etc.:
The luminosity of his poetry is unequaled.
3.
something .
4.
Astronomy. the brightness of a star in comparison with that of the sun: the luminosity of Sirius expressed as 23 indicates an intrinsic brightness 23 times as great as that of the sun.
5.
Also called luminosity factor. Optics. the brightness of a light source of a certain wavelength as it appears to the eye, measured as the ratio of to radiant flux at that wavelength.
/ˌluːmɪˈnɒsɪtɪ/
noun (pl) -ties
1.
the condition of being luminous
2.
something that is luminous
3.
(astronomy) a measure of the radiant power emitted by a star
4.
(physics) the attribute of an object or colour enabling the extent to which an object emits light to be observed Former name brightness See also colour
n.
1630s, “quality of being luminous,” from French luminosité or else a native formation from luminous + -ity. In astronomy, “intrinsic brightness of a heavenly body” (as distinguished from apparent magnitude, which diminishes with distance), attested from 1906.
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