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irradiance

noun
/ɪˈɹeɪ.di.əns/

Etymology

irradiant + -ance

Definitions

  1. The act of irradiating

    The act of irradiating; emission of rays of light.

  2. That which irradiates or is irradiated

    That which irradiates or is irradiated; lustre; splendour; brilliancy.

  3. The radiant power received by unit area of surface.

    • The geometry of the cone θ and the irradiance at the image of the carbon block were used to determine the absolute steradiancy of the energy in the cone θ as a radiometer calibration value.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at irradiance. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at irradiance. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at irradiance

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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