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illuminance
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illuminance: see photometry photometry (fōtŏm`ətrē)
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illuminance [ə′lü·mə·nəns]
(optics)
The density of the luminous flux on a surface. Also known as illumination; luminous flux density.

Illuminance

A term expressing the density of luminous flux incident on a surface. This word has been proposed by the Colorimetry Committee of the Optical Society of America to replace the term illumination. The definitions are the same. The symbol of illumination is E, and the equation is E = dF/dA, where A is the area of the illuminated surface and F is the luminous flux. See Luminous flux, Photometry



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