• In photometry, luminous intensity is a measure of the wavelength-weighted power emitted by a light source in a particular direction per unit solid angle...
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    One lumen is defined as the luminous flux of light produced by a light source that emits one candela of luminous intensity over a solid angle of one steradian...
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    Candela (category Units of luminous intensity)
    /kænˈdiːlə/; symbol: cd) is the unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units (SI). It measures luminous power per unit solid angle emitted...
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  • In optics, Lambert's cosine law says that the radiant intensity or luminous intensity observed from an ideal diffusely reflecting surface or ideal diffuse...
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    radiance (radiometric) Luminous flux (photometric) and radiant flux (radiometric) Luminous intensity (photometric) and radiant intensity (radiometric) In photometric...
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  • sometimes called current intensity in older books Radiant intensity, power per unit solid angle (W/sr) Luminous intensity, luminous flux per unit solid angle...
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  • directions has a total luminous flux of 1 cd × 4π sr = 4π cd⋅sr ≈ 12.57 lm. If a light source emits one candela of luminous intensity uniformly across a solid...
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  • the luminous or radiant power per unit solid angle. This can cause confusion in optics, where intensity can mean any of radiant intensity, luminous intensity...
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  • are commonly known as intensity: Radiant intensity, a radiometric quantity measured in watts per steradian (W/sr) Luminous intensity, a photometric quantity...
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    perception. Similarly, luminous emittance is the luminous flux per unit area emitted from a surface. Luminous emittance is also known as luminous exitance. In SI...
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