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Radiance vs Radiantness - What's the difference?

radiance | radiantness |

As nouns the difference between radiance and radiantness

is that radiance is the quality of being radiant, shining, bright or splendid while radiantness is (rare) radiance.

radiance

English

Noun

(wikipedia radiance)
  • the quality of being radiant, shining, bright or splendid
    • Girt with omnipotence, with radiance crowned. — Milton.
  • (physics) the flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source

    • radiantness

    English

    Noun

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  • (rare) radiance