lumen

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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"
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "lumen":
      ASA scale, British candle, Hefner candle, Scheiner scale,
      bougie decimale, candle, candle lumen, candle power, candle-foot,
      candle-hour, candle-meter, decimal candle, exposure meter, flux,
      foot-candle, intensity, international candle, lamp-hour, light,
      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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