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Webster 1828 Edition

Radiance

RA'DIANCE

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Definition 2024

radiance

radiance

English

Noun

radiance ‎(countable and uncountable, plural radiances)

the quality of being radiant, shining, bright or splendid
Girt with omnipotence, with radiance crowned. — Milton.
(physics) the flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source

Translations

the quality of being radiant, shining, bright or splendid

Armenian: փայլ (hy) ‎(pʿayl)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 輻射 (zh), 光輝 (zh), 閃耀 (zh)
Finnish: säteily (fi), säteilevyys

Italian: radianza (it) f
Javanese: sunar (jv)
Polish: blask (pl) m
Romanian: strălucire (ro) f, lucire (ro) f, iradiere (ro) f
Russian: сия́ние (ru) n ‎(sijánije), блеск (ru) m ‎(blesk)

the flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source

Chinese:
Mandarin:
Finnish: radianssi, säteilytiheys

Javanese: sunar (jv)
Polish: radiancja f
Romanian: radianță (ro) f, emitanță (ro) f
Russian: излуче́ние (ru) n ‎(izlučénije)