lam|bert

lam|bert
lam|bert «LAM buhrt», noun.
the unit of brightness, equivalent to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter.
[< Johann H. Lambert, 1728-1777, a German physicist]

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