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Lambency vs Luminosity - What's the difference?

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Lambency is a related term of luminosity.


As nouns the difference between lambency and luminosity

is that lambency is the property of being lambent, brightness while luminosity is (uncountable) the state of being luminous, or a luminous object; brilliance or radiance.

lambency

English

Noun

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  • The property of being lambent, brightness.

    • luminosity

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia luminosity) (luminosities)
  • (uncountable) the state of being luminous, or a luminous object; brilliance or radiance
  • (physics) the ratio of luminous flux to radiant flux at the same wavelength; the luminosity factor
  • (astronomy) the rate at which a star radiates energy in all directions