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Definition of Luminous energy
1. Noun. The energy associated with visible light.
Definition of Luminous energy
1. Noun. (physics) The radiant energy of the visible portion of a spectrum of light ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Luminous Energy
Literary usage of Luminous energy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"The sources of luminous energy chosen are given in the first column of the
following table. The feeble effect produced by the blue flame of a very large ..."
2. Treatise on General and Industrial Inorganic Chemistry by Ettore Molinari (1912)
"Another experiment which gives some idea of the transformation of mechanical
energy into thermal and luminous energy is the following : On throwing a piece ..."
3. Manual of Astronomy: A Text-book by Charles Augustus Young (1902)
"Calculation of the mass of a shooting-star. Average nmss proha- hly only a fraction
of an ounce. (luminous energy) to the total energy ..."
4. An Introductory Course of Continuous Current Engineering by Alfred Hay (1907)
"The luminous intensity of a given source is the rate at which the source is
sending out luminous energy—ie, radiant energy comprised within the limits of ..."
5. The Art of Illumination by Louis Bell (1912)
"This is based upon the idea of luminous flux, that is, luminous energy ...
The total luminous energy evidently remains the same, whatever the total ..."
6. A Text-book of General Astronomy for Colleges and Scientific Schools by Charles Augustus Young (1916)
"Our observations of the meteor give us, therefore, its total luminous energy in
foot-pounds; and if the whole of the meteor's energy appeared as light, ..."
7. Principles of Direct-current Electrical Engineering by James R. Barr (1908)
"The total luminous energy radiated by a glow lamp can be estimated in the following
manner, as suggested by Tyndall. The lamp is placed in the water of a ..."
8. A Short University Course in Electricity, Sound, and Light by Robert Andrews Millikan, John Mills (1908)
"The luminous energy radiated per second by a light of one candle power is about
1.3 x 10° ergs. Since a watt is 107 ergs per second, the efficiency e of the ..."
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