Medical Definition of Millilambert
1. One thousandth of a lambert; a unit of brightness equal to 0.929 lumen per square foot (roughly, 1 equivalent footcandle). (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Millilambert
Literary usage of Millilambert
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lighting Art: Its Practice and Possibilities by Matthew Luckiesh (1917)
"A millilambert is one-thousandth of a lambert. A lumen emitted by a square foot
of a perfectly diffusing surface is responsible for a brightness of the ..."
2. Light and Shade and Their Applications by Matthew Luckiesh (1916)
"For most purposes the millilambert (O.OOi lambert) is a more practical unit. ...
1 millilambert = 0.929 lumen emitted per sq. ft. ..."
3. General Physics and Its Application to Industry and Everyday Life by Ervin Sidney Ferry (1921)
"The lambert is so great that for most purposes, the millilambert (0.001 lambert)
is a more convenient unit. Brightness is also expressed in candles per ..."
4. Illuminating Engineering Practice: Lectures on Illuminating Engineering by University of Pennsylvania, Illuminating Engineering Society (1917)
"20. 1 lambert = 1 lumen emitted per square centimeter of a perfectly diffusing
surface. 21. 1 millilambert = o.oo1 lambert. ..."
5. Electric Lighting by Olin Jerome Ferguson (1920)
"20. 1 lambert = 1 lumen emitted per sq. cm. of a perfectly diffusing surface.
21. 1 millilambert = 0.001 lambert. 22. 1 lumen, emitted, per sq. ft.1 = 1.076 ..."
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