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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