luminosities
Measures of radiance
Luminosities is the plural of luminosity—the quality or state of emitting or reflecting light.
In astronomy, luminosity measures the total energy a celestial body radiates per unit of time: comparing the luminosities of different stars.
More broadly, it can describe brightness or radiance: the luminosities of the chandeliers filled the ballroom.
Steady, soft light
- gleamFaint reflected light
- shimmerTremulous, wavering light
- shineEmit or reflect light
- sparkleEmit flashing light
glisten · sheen · glint · brilliance · effulgence · iridescence · phosphorescence · refulgence
Measuring light intensity
- candelaLuminous intensity unit
- lumenLight output measure
- foot-candleLuminance measurement unit
- nitParasite egg or quibble
spectrophotometry · calibration · photodiode · flux · irradiance · sensor · units · quantification
glow
Steady, soft light
sparkle · glisten · sheen · glint · brilliance · effulgence · iridescence · phosphorescence · refulgence · resplendence
photometry
Measuring light intensity
- candelaLuminous intensity unit
- lumenLight output measure
- foot-candleLuminance measurement unit
nit · spectrophotometry · calibration · photodiode · flux · irradiance · sensor · units · quantification
magnitude
Size or scale
luminositiesdarknesses
Conditions lacking light
faintnesses · obscurities · dullnesses · opacities · blacknesses
luminositiesdullnesses
States of being uninteresting
obscurities · mediocrities · unremarkableness · ordinariness · colorlessness
illuminate, luminous, illumination, illuminating, luminosity, luminescent, luminescence, illumine, luminance