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irradiance

  • /ɪˈɹeɪ.di.əns/

noun irradiances

  1. countable, uncountable The act of irradiating; emission of rays of light.
  2. countable, uncountable That which irradiates or is irradiated; lustre; splendour; brilliancy.
  3. countable, uncountable The radiant power received by unit area of surface. The geometry of the cone θ and the irradiance at the image of the carbon block were used to determine the absolute steradiancy of the energy in the cone θ as a radiometer calibration value.

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noun physics: Radiant power received by unit area of surface

Españolirradiancia
DeutschBestrahlungsstärke

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@misc{irradiance_2026,
  title = {irradiance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/irradiance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}