luminance

Other forms of luminance

plural

luminances·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about luminance

What does luminance mean?

luminance means "the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light".

How many syllables are in luminance?

luminance has 3 syllables: lu-mi-nance. The stress falls on "lu". In IPA it is /ˈlumənəns/.

What is another word for luminance?

Close synonyms include luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminousness, light. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is luminance a common word?

luminance is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.