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Lumen \Lu"men\, n.; pl. L. Lumina, E. Lumens. [L., light, an
opening for light.]

1. (Photom.)
(a) A unit of illumination, being the amount of
illumination of a unit area of spherical surface, due
to a light of unit intensity placed at the center of
the sphere.
(b) A unit of light flux, being the flux through one
square meter of surface the illumination of which is
uniform and of unit brightness.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]


2. (Biol.) An opening, space, or cavity, esp. a tubular
cavity; a vacuole.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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lumen
n 1: a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given
out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source
of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all
directions [syn: lumen, lm]

2: a cavity or passage in a tubular organ; "the lumen of the
intestine"
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lumen [luːmən]
Einheit des Lichtstromes

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1. flux




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Licht

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light

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Lumen n; Einheit des Lichtstromes [phys.]
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light meter, light quantum, lumen meter, lumen-hour, lumeter,
luminous flux, luminous intensity, luminous power, lux, photon,
quantum, unit of flux, unit of light



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