luminosity

English

Etymology

From French luminosité or luminous +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɒsɪti

Noun

luminosity (countable and uncountable, plural luminosities)

(uncountable) the state of being luminous, or a luminous object; brilliance or radiance
(physics) the ratio of luminous flux to radiant flux at the same wavelength; the luminosity factor
(astronomy) the rate at which a star radiates energy in all directions

Derived terms

Translations

state of being luminous

Finnish: valoisuus (fi)
French: luminosité (fr) f
Georgian: სხივიერობა (sxivieroba), სხივოსნობა (sxivosnoba)
German: Helligkeit (de) f
Greek: αντιφέγγισμα (el) n (antiféngisma)
Indonesian: kilau (id)
Italian: luminosità (it) f
Korean: 발광성 (balgwangseong)
Romanian: luminozitate (ro)
Russian: свечение (ru) n (svečenije)
Spanish: luminosidad (es) f
Turkish: parlaklık (tr)

ratio of luminous to radiant flux

Finnish: luminositeetti, säteilyteho
German: Leuchtkraft (de) f
Greek: φωτεινότητα (el) f (foteinótita)
Italian: luminosità (it) f

rate at which a star radiates energy

Finnish: luminositeetti, säteilyteho
German: Leuchtkraft (de) f
Greek: φωτεινότητα (el) f (foteinótita)
Italian: luminosità (it) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: luminositet m

Nynorsk: luminositet m
Spanish: luminosidad (es) f
Turkish: kadir (tr)

References

luminosity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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