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LIGHT UNIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A measure of the visible electromagnetic radiation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("light unit" is a kind of...):
electromagnetic unit; emu (any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "light unit"):
illumination unit (a measure of illumination)
luminance unit (a measure of luminance)
luminous flux unit (a measure of luminous flux per unit area)
candlepower unit; luminous intensity unit (a measure of luminous intensity)
exposure (the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate)
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