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1
brightness created by light reflected from a surface
- the emerald had a pure, icy green luminance
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2
the quality or state of having or giving off light
- the landscapes of the French painter Claude Lorraine have a unique luminance that no other artist has quite captured
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“Luminance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luminance. Accessed 25 Jun. 2022.
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The first known use of luminance was in 1867
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