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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light;
- Example: "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun"
[syn: luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, light]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

luminance n 1: the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light; "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun" [syn: luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, light]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

brightness luminance tone value (Or "tone", "luminance", "value", "luminosity", "lightness") The coordinate in the HSB colour model that determines the total amount of light in the colour. Zero brightness is black and 100% is white, intermediate values are "light" or "dark" colours. The other coordinates are hue and saturation. (1999-07-05)