LUMINOSITY

luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, light

(noun) the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light; “its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

luminosity (plural luminosities)

(uncountable) the state of being luminous, or a luminous object; brilliance or radiance

(physics) the ratio of luminous flux to radiant flux at the same wavelength; the luminosity factor

(astronomy) the rate at which a star radiates energy in all directions

Source: Wiktionary


Lu`mi*nos"i*ty, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being luminous; luminousness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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Coffee Trivia

Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.

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