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foot lambert

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foot-lam⋅bert

[foot-lam-bert]
–noun Optics.
a unit of luminance or photometric brightness, equal to the luminance of a surface emitting a luminous flux of one lumen per square foot, the luminance of a perfectly reflecting surface receiving an illumination of one foot-candle. Abbreviation: fL
Also, footlambert.


Origin:
1920–25
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