ALL meanings of luminosity
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L l - noun luminosity brightness, lightness 1
- noun plural luminosity luminance (def 2). 1
- noun plural luminosity the quality of being intellectually brilliant, enlightened, inspired, etc.: The luminosity of his poetry is unequaled. 1
- noun plural luminosity something luminous. 1
- noun plural luminosity 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. 1
- noun plural luminosity 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 luminous flux to radiant flux at that wavelength. 1
- noun luminosity Luminous quality. 1
- uncountable noun luminosity The luminosity of a star or sun is how bright it is. 0
- uncountable noun luminosity You can talk about the luminosity of someone's skin when it has a healthy glow. 0
- noun luminosity the condition of being luminous 0
- noun luminosity something that is luminous 0
- noun luminosity a measure of the radiant power emitted by a star 0
- noun luminosity the attribute of an object or colour enabling the extent to which an object emits light to be observed 0
- noun luminosity the quality or condition of being luminous 0
- noun luminosity something luminous 0
- noun luminosity brightness 0