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illumination unit
a measure of illumination
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luminance unit
a measure of luminance
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luminous flux unit
a measure of luminous flux per unit area
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candlepower unit, luminous intensity unit
a measure of luminous intensity
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exposure
the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate
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footcandle
a unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere 1 foot from a point source of 1 candle
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L, lambert
a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
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lux, lx
a unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square meter; 0.0929 foot candle
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phot
a unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter; 10,000 phots equal 1 lux
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nit
a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
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foot-lambert, ft-L
a former luminance unit equal to one lumen per square foot
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lm, lumen
a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions
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candela, candle, cd, standard candle
the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin
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international candle
a former international unit of luminous intensity; now replaced by the candela
