threshold illuminance
threshold illuminance
[′thresh‚hōld i′lü·mə·nəns] (optics)
The lowest value of illuminance which the eye is capable of detecting under specified conditions of background luminance and degree of dark adaptation of the eye. Also known as flux density threshold.
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