candela per square meter

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• candela — (cd)    the SI base unit for measuring the intensity of light. Candela is the Latin word for candle.    The unit has a long and complicated history. Originally, it represented the intensity of an actual candle, assumed to be burning whale tallow… …   Dictionary of units of measurement

• Stilb (luminance) — The stilb (sb) is the CGS unit of luminance. It is equal to one candela per square centimeter or 104 nits (candelas per square meter). The name was coined by the French physicist André Blondel around 1920. [Parry Moon. System of photometer… …   Wikipedia

• Foot-lambert — A foot lambert or footlambert (fL, sometimes fl or ft L) is a unit of luminance in U.S. customary units and elsewhere. A foot lambert equals 1/pi candela per square foot, or 3.4262591 candelas per square meter (nits). It is named after Johann… …   Wikipedia

• lambert — (La or Lb or L)    a CGS unit of luminance. Luminance is the luminous intensity of a surface, measuring the intensity of the light emitted (or reflected) in all directions per unit of area of the surface. One lambert is the luminance of a surface …   Dictionary of units of measurement

• lux — [luks] n. pl. lux or luxes [L, LIGHT1] Physics a basic unit of illumination in the SI and MKS systems, equal to one lumen per square meter (0.0929 foot candles or one candela per square meter): abbrev. lx …   English World dictionary

• photon —    A subatomic particle having zero mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. Photon is also the name of a unit of retinal illumination, equal to the amount of light that reaches the retina through one square millimeter of… …   Glossary of Art Terms

• meterlambert —    or meter lambert    another name for the nit, an MKS unit of luminance equal to one candela per square meter. The name is coined by analogy with the footlambert …   Dictionary of units of measurement

• luminance — The luminous intensity of a surface in a given direction per uatt of projected area of the surface, in candela per square meter; not the same as the apparent brightness …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Large-screen television technology — developed rapidly in the late 1990s and 2000s. Various flat screen technologies are being developed, but only the liquid crystal display (LCD), plasma display (PDP) and Digital Light Processing (DLP) were released on the public market. These… …   Wikipedia

• nit — nit1 /nit/, n. 1. the egg of a parasitic insect, esp. of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing. 2. the young of such an insect. [bef. 900; ME nite, OE hnitu, c. D neet, G Niss, Norw nit] nit2 /nit/, n. Physics. a unit of… …   Universalium

• Nit — Nits are lice eggs. They are hard to see and are often confused with dandruff or hair spray droplets. Nits are found firmly attached to the hair shaft. They are oval and usually yellow to white. Nits take about a week to hatch. All nits must be… …   Medical dictionary