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

A similar phenomenon may occur in the human brain, which has more plasticity early in life, and can easily learn to identify objects based on their luminance alone.

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