luminance (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *luminance*:
NOUN	attribute	luminance, luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminousness, light	the quality of being luminous

luminance > pronunciation
Sounds	luw'mahnahns
Rhymes	abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns...

English > *luminance*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	The quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light.
Synonyms	luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminousness, light
Attributes	bright	emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
Attributes	dull	emitting or reflecting very little light
Narrower	illuminance, illumination	The luminous flux incident on a unit area
	incandescence	light from heat
	luminescence, glow	light from nonthermal sources
Broader	physical property	Any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions
Spanish	luminancia, luminosidad, luz
Catalan	lluminositat, luminància

HyperDic: luminance