TROLAND

Etymology

Named after Leonard T. Troland.

Noun

troland (plural trolands)

A unit (symbol Td) of conventional retinal illuminance, intended as a means of correcting photometric measurements of luminance values impinging on the human eye by scaling them by the effective pupil size.

Source: Wiktionary



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