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I use about 20 different colours to retain the luminance in my work.
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Meaning of "luminance" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LUMINANCE

From Latin lūmen light.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LUMINANCE

luminance  [ˈluːmɪnəns] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LUMINANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Luminance is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LUMINANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Luminance

Luminance is a photometric measure of the luminous intensity per unit area of light travelling in a given direction. It describes the amount of light that passes through or is emitted from a particular area, and falls within a given solid angle. The SI unit for luminance is candela per square metre. A non-SI term for the same unit is the "nit". The CGS unit of luminance is the stilb, which is equal to one candela per square centimetre or 10 kcd/m2.

Definition of luminance in the English dictionary

The definition of luminance in the dictionary is a state or quality of radiating or reflecting light. Other definition of luminance is a measure of the brightness of a point on a surface that is radiating or reflecting light. It is the luminous intensity in a given direction of a small element of surface area divided by the orthogonal projection of this area onto a plane at right angles to the direction L.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LUMINANCE


abstinence
ˈæbstɪnəns
appurtenance
əˈpɜːtɪnəns
chrominance
ˈkrəʊmɪnəns
codominance
kəʊˈdɒmɪnəns
countenance
ˈkaʊntɪnəns
dominance
ˈdɒmɪnəns
eminence
ˈɛmɪnəns
illuminance
ɪˈluːmɪnəns
imminence
ˈɪmɪnəns
incontinence
ɪnˈkɒntɪnəns
maintenance
ˈmeɪntɪnəns
ordinance
ˈɔːdɪnəns
overdominance
ˌəʊvəˈdɒmɪnəns
pertinence
ˈpɜːtɪnəns
pre-eminence
prɪˈemɪnəns
predominance
prɪˈdɒmɪnəns
preheminence
prɪˈhemɪnəns
prominence
ˈprɒmɪnəns
provenance
ˈprɒvɪnəns
supereminence
ˌsuːpərˈɛmɪnəns

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LUMINANCE

lumina
luminaire
luminal
luminant
luminaria
luminaries
luminarism
luminarist
luminary
lumination
lumine
luminesce
luminescence
luminescent
luminiferous
luminism
luminosities
luminosity
luminous
luminous efficacy

WORDS THAT END LIKE LUMINANCE

advance
alternance
car maintenance
care and maintenance
clinical governance
corporate governance
dissonance
electron paramagnetic resonance
finance
governance
high-maintenance
magnetic resonance
nance
nuclear magnetic resonance
ordnance
ordonnance
penance
refinance
resonance
sonance
sustenance

Synonyms and antonyms of luminance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «luminance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LUMINANCE

Find out the translation of luminance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of luminance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «luminance» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

亮度
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

luminancia
570 millions of speakers

English

luminance
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

luminance
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإنارة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

яркости
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

luminância
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঔজ্জ্বল্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

luminance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Luminance
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Leuchtdichte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

輝度
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

휘도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Luminance
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

độ sáng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒளிர்வு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Luminance
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

parlaklık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

luminanza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

luminancji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

яскравості
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

luminanță
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φωτεινότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

luminance
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

luminans
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

luminans
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of luminance

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LUMINANCE»

The term «luminance» is quite widely used and occupies the 44.633 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «luminance».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LUMINANCE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «luminance» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «luminance» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about luminance

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QUOTES WITH «LUMINANCE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word luminance.
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John Dyer
I use about 20 different colours to retain the luminance in my work.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUMINANCE»

Discover the use of luminance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to luminance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Road Lighting for Safety
5.4.7 Measuring the luminance of the road surface Theoretically it is not very difficult to measure the luminance of light sources. I indicated in section 5.4.2 that the luminous intensity, the illuminance and the distance can be determined with the ...
D. A. Schreuder, 1998
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Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety
Luminance depends upon both the illuminance on, and reflectance of, a surface. Both illuminance and luminance are objective quantities. The response to brightness, however, is subjective. In order to produce an environment which provides ...
Jeanne Mager Stellman, 1998
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Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual
Luminance. This setting controls the amount of grayscale noise (see the box on page 462) Camera Raw tries to decrease in your image by smoothing the pixels ( similar to blurring). Make sure you're zoomed in to at least 100 percent and then ...
Lesa Snider, 2010
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Maya Secrets of the Pros
Luminance, and Surface Shader. Open the Hypershade and be sure the Create tab is selected (far left of the window). Blend Colors, which is in the Color Utilities twirl— down section of the Create tab, takes two color inputs (Color1 and ...
John Kundert-Gibbs, Dariush Derakhshani, 2006
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World Congress of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering ...
device are related to the maximum allowable ambient lighting and the minimum inherent luminance generated by the display device. Reflection acceptance testing was performed for eight randomly selected display devices. For diffuse ...
Sun I. Kim, Tae S. Suh, 2007
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High-fidelity Medical Imaging Displays
2.3 Luminance Range The display luminance range is defined as the ratio of the maximum luminance to the minimum luminance as measured at the screen of the device. Per this definition, the range includes the effect of the ambient ...
Aldo Badano, Michael J. Flynn, Jerzy Kanicki, 2004
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Light: The Shape of Space: Designing with Space and Light
Contrast and luminance ratio. ft2, its luminance ratio is 2: 1. Luminance ratios, however, are not reliable for making design decisions regarding the brightness difference between two surfaces or an object against its background. Studies have ...
Lou Michel, 1995
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Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings
Thus, in Section 11.32, Table 11.11, we recommend a maximum luminance ratio of 3:1 between task and immediate surround and 1:10 between task and remote lighter surfaces. These ratios become essentially impossible to maintain when ...
Walter T. Grondzik, Alison G. Kwok, Ben Stein, 2011
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Electroluminescent Displays
Threshold Voltage V,h and Luminance L By imposing the recommended drive wave forms described above to an EL cell, luminance is measured by a photometer. Here luminance is a photometric term indicating the radiated power in terms of ...
Yoshimasa A. Ono, 1995
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Primary Care Optometry
Illumination Illumination for visual acuity testing, as well as for other examination procedures, can be considered in terms of either illuminance or luminance. Illuminance (E) is the amount of luminous flux incident on a surface per unit area of ...
Theodore Grosvenor, Theodore P. Grosvenor, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LUMINANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term luminance is used in the context of the following news items.
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Check the airline's website while ticket-price shopping
A true HDR image requires a camera with manual exposure adjustments, a tripod and a graphics program like Photoshop, Luminance HDR or ... «Detroit Free Press, Jul 15»
2
Greek High-Tech Made Its International Case Amidst Turmoil …
And last but not least, I met Constantinos Bouroussis and Lambros Doulos, who presented Lighting 3, an automated luminance measuring ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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20% of mainland stocks still frozen | CER
... they're not willing to accept the ups and downs of a capital market," Roshan Padamadan, founder and manager of Luminance Global Fund. «China Economic Review, Jul 15»
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China Regressing to a Frontier Market: Padamadan
Roshan Padamadan, founder and manager of Luminance Global Fund, talks about measures taken by Chinese regulators to lift the stock ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
5
Havells India to launch solar LED lamps
It has in its fold brands such as Crabtree, Sylvania, Concord, Luminance and Standard. Keywords: Havells India, solar LED lamps. More In: ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
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Dragon Inn 4K Restoration Trailer - Blu-ray.com
The only very tricky part was a tear going along 7 frames in reel 2, that was solved with manual clone reconstruction and luminance adjustment. «Blu-ray.com, Jul 15»
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Abans introduces LG Prime UHD TV
Ultra Luminance allows the TV to express brightness and darkness perfectly. The brightness of the dark areas is reduced and the saved energy ... «nation.lk - The Nation Newspaper, Jul 15»
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Australian research firm calls on Chauvet LED panels for medical …
... larger video wall made with big name panels behind us, but our wall more than held its own in terms of color balance and overall luminance.” «LEDs Magazine, Jul 15»
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Kim Komando Q&A: Get cheaper airline flights
A true HDR image requires a camera with manual exposure adjustments, a tripod and a graphics program like Photoshop, Luminance HDR or ... «Charleston Post Courier, Jul 15»
10
Game of Thrones video reveals secrets of the show's visual effects
Luminance keying uses a similar process for isolating brightness values or black and white. This means other images can be superimposed on ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

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