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Language:enStatus: Obsolete
Term: candela per square metre
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Symbol: cd ⋅ m−2
Definition: SI unit of luminance

NOTE – This unit was sometimes called the nit (nt) (name discouraged).

Other units of luminance :

metric, non-SI : lambert ( L )= 10 4 π cd m 2 MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaagCart1ev2aqatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbbjxAHXgaruavP1wzZbItLDhis9wBH5garmWu51MyVXgarqqtubsr4rNCHbGeaGqipG0dh9qqWrVepG0dbbL8F4rqqrVepeea0xe9LqFf0xc9q8qqaqFn0lXdHiVcFbIOFHK8Feea0dXdar=Jb9hs0dXdHuk9fr=xfr=xfrpeWZqaaiqaciWacmGadaGadeaabaGaaqaaaOqaamaabmaabaGaamitaaGaayjkaiaawMcaaiabg2da9maalaaabaGaaGymaiaaicdadaahaaWcbeqaaiaaisdaaaaakeaaimaacqWFapaCaaGaae4yaiaabsgacqGHflY1qaaaaaaaaaWdbiaab2gapaWaaWbaaSqabeaacqGHsislcaaIYaaaaaaa@43F9@

non-metric : footlambert (fL) = 3.426 cd • m-2.


Publication date:1987
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