LUMINOUSINTENSITY

Luminous intensity

In photometry, luminous intensity is a measure of the wavelength-weighted power emitted by a light source in a particular direction per unit solid angle, based on the luminosity function, a standardized model of the sensitivity of the human eye. The SI unit of luminous intensity is the candela , an SI base unit.

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luminous intensity

Noun

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


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