luminance

noun
/ˈluːmɪnəns/

Definitions

  1. The quality of being luminous.

  2. The amount of light that passes through, is emitted, or is reflected from a particular…

    The amount of light that passes through, is emitted, or is reflected from a particular area, and falls within a given solid angle.

  3. The luminous flux emitted in a given direction divided by the product of the projected…

    The luminous flux emitted in a given direction divided by the product of the projected area of the source element perpendicular to the direction and the solid angle containing that direction (i.e. luminous intensity divided by unit area), measured in stilbs or apostilbs.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

9 hops · closes at luminance

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

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