luminance

Noun

Meaning

the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

light brightness luminosity luminousness brightness level twinkle lustre lux radiance sheen luce glitter sparkle luz lighter
Show all synonyms

Antonyms

black dark bulk shadow darkness obscurity
Show all antonyms

Hypernyms

physical property

Hyponyms

illumination glow incandescence luminescence illuminance

Anagrams

calumenin

Examples

I use about 20 different colours to retain the luminance in my work. John Dyer

its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun Source: Internet

Applications Magnetic tape storage FM is also used at intermediate frequencies by analog VCR systems (including VHS ) to record the luminance (black and white) portions of the video signal. Source: Internet

But as all of us who have toyed with magnets or charged balls well know, their forces (or any other forces for that matter), even when set in motion produce no luminance at all. Source: Internet

BTR-12, no. 1, pp. 23 32. introducing both hue and luminance errors for highly saturated colors. Source: Internet

Colour encoding Both the PAL and the NTSC system use a quadrature amplitude modulated subcarrier carrying the chrominance information added to the luminance video signal to form a composite video baseband signal. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

luminaire luminal luminally luminance unit luminant luminaphone