luminance

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It also suggested that 40,000 candela per sq m - a measure of luminance - may be an "important threshold for the experience of glare being more likely".

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

The Perseid meteor shower is back for its annual display, dotting our skies with its signature bright, streaking trails at peak luminance.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2024

Early in life, when newborns receive strongly limited color information, the brain is forced to learn to distinguish objects based on their luminance, or intensity of light they emit, rather than their color.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2024

But at dawn and dusk, when males of the species swoop and dart in the pale luminance to attract a mate, they really shine.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 21, 2022

Near the central star there may be a retinue of dead worlds, the remnants of planets once full of life and now airless and ocean-free, bathed in a wraithlike luminance.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan