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luminosity

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from French luminosité or else a native formation from luminous + -ity.

  1. borrowed from luminosité

Definitions

  1. the state of being luminous, or a luminous object

    the state of being luminous, or a luminous object; brilliance or radiance

    • They reported encountering a luminosity of great intensity and loving angelic beings.

  2. the ratio of luminous flux to radiant flux at the same wavelength

    the ratio of luminous flux to radiant flux at the same wavelength; the luminosity factor

  3. The rate at which a star radiates energy in all directions.

    • We recognize the same pattern as in the left panel, with dM stars being much less frequent flarers than dMe stars of similar luminosity.
    • We derive rotation periods, photometric activity indices, flaring energies, mass loss rates, gyrochronological ages, X-ray luminosities and consider implications for the planetary magnetospheres and habitability.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

8 hops · closes at luminosity

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA