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luminous intensity

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A measure of the power emitted by a source of light; equal to the flux density per solid angle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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Across languages

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12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: интензитет (intenzitet) — measure of light
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發光強度 /发光强度 (fāguāng qiángdù) — measure of light
  • Chinese Mandarin: 光強 /光强 (guāngqiáng) — measure of light
  • Chinese Mandarin: 光度 (guāngdù) — measure of light
  • Finnish: valovoima — measure of light
  • French: intensité lumineuse — measure of light
  • German: Lichtstärke — measure of light
  • Hindi: दीप्त तीव्रता (dīpt tīvratā) — measure of light
  • Indonesian: intensitas cahaya — measure of light
  • Japanese: 光度 (kōdo) — measure of light
  • Korean: 광도 (gwangdo) — measure of light
  • Malay: keamatan berluminositi — measure of light