Luminance vs Radiance - What's the difference?
luminance | radiance |
the quality of being luminous
the luminous flux emitted in a given direction divided by the product of the projected area of the source element perpendicular to the direction and the solid angle containing that direction, i.e. luminous intensity divided by unit area; measured in stilbs or apostilbs
the quality of being radiant, shining, bright or splendid
(physics) the flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source
As nouns the difference between luminance and radiance
is that luminance is the quality of being luminous while radiance is the quality of being radiant, shining, bright or splendid.luminance
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(wikipedia luminance) (-)Synonyms
*photometric brightnessSee also
*brightnessradiance
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(wikipedia radiance)- Girt with omnipotence, with radiance crowned. — Milton.