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Luminosity vs Moonbeam - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between luminosity and moonbeam

is that luminosity is the state of being luminous, or a luminous object; brilliance or radiance while moonbeam is a shaft of moonlight;.

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

    • moonbeam

    English

    Noun

  • A shaft of moonlight;Webster's College Dictionary , Random House, 2001.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , author = , title = , year = 1850 , page = 70 , passage = A moonbeam pierced the heavy cloud! }}
  • Moonlight generally.

    • Synonyms

    * moon ray

    See also

    * sunbeam

    References