radiance

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin radiare + -ance

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪdi.əns/

Noun

radiance (countable and uncountable, plural radiances)

1. The quality of being radiant, shining, bright or splendid.
   • (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Girt with omnipotence, with radiance crowned.

2. (physics) The flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source.

Translations

the quality of being radiant, shining, bright or splendid

• Armenian: փայլ (hy) (pʻayl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輻射／辐射 (zh) (fúshè), 光輝／光辉 (zh) (guānghuī), 閃耀／闪耀 (zh) (shǎnyào)

• Finnish: säteily (fi), säteilevyys
• Italian: radianza (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Javanese: sunar (jv)
• Latin: iubar n, candor m
• Polish: blask (pl) m
• Romanian: strălucire (ro) f, lucire (ro) f, iradiere (ro) f
• Russian: сия́ние (ru) n (sijánije), блеск (ru) m (blesk)

the flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: radianssi, säteilytiheys
• Javanese: sunar (jv)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: radiancja f
• Romanian: radianță (ro) f, emitanță (ro) f
• Russian: излуче́ние (ru) n (izlučénije)

Anagrams

• Caradine, canaried, caridean