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Recent Examples of luminance To do a little more unpacking, the peak contrast ratio indicates the difference in luminance between the brightest white and the darkest black that a monitor can produce. PC Magazine, 13 July 2025 About 30 of those hours were dedicated to gathering luminance data, with the remaining time split between red, green, blue and hydrogen-alpha filter exposures. Anthony Wood, Space.com, 15 May 2025 The contrast ratio indicates the difference in luminance between the brightest white and the darkest black that a monitor can produce. PCMAG, 18 Mar. 2025 All of these parameters—luminance (brightness), chrominance (color), frame rate, and even laser-pulse rate—will be independently adjustable on future movie projectors. IEEE Spectrum, 21 Feb. 2014 See All Example Sentences for luminance
Recent Examples of Synonyms for luminance
Noun
  • The overwhelming success of the book and the resulting media glare opened a divide between them.
    Anderson Tepper, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Mercury was part of it during August, but has since sunk back into the glare of the sun.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Users can choose between two different brightness levels and adjust the angle of the light and the solar panel for customized preferences.
    Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Govee has refined the software from previous models to improve the brightness and color accuracy, and the lights are more durable now.
    Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Lit Ghost Cloche Add a small but impactful touch of Halloween with these little ghost cloches that add an eerie glow to coffee tables, shelves, and countertops.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
  • For the Grad School Queens and Teachers Whether she’s headed back to school for her master’s or ruling the classroom, the women returning to academia deserve a beauty routine that supports her grind without sacrificing her glow.
    Larry Stansbury, Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • So, astronomers have come up with a compromise regarding the geometry of the sun's illumination angle on Venus' disk versus its distance from Earth to determine the time of Venus' greatest brilliancy.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Family circles will have wrapped themselves in the holy pleasures of the great occasion, and everywhere the grand old holiday will have been introduced with all the majesty and brilliancy which clings around the hallowed name of Christmas.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • To the west, Puerto Banús gleams with superyachts and designer boutiques—just minutes away by car or bike.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • That’s why using the right tools and techniques is key to maintaining its signature gleam.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • That is more relevant to his departure than those initial flashes of brilliance.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Success is the result of serial effort, not one-time brilliance.
    Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The glint and thrum of Y2K aesthetics—as contrasted with the droning conservatism of the white-collar office—read as anticipatory rather than melancholic, looking toward a future liberated from systems of old.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Newman plays Reggie with a permanently mischievous glint in his eye and a schemer’s grin.
    Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Just make sure that the shoe silhouette isn’t too chunky so the look retains its lightness.
    Katharina Fuchs, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Awe dropping, obviously, suggests jaw-dropping, which some have said refers to the thinness and lightness of the iPhone 17 Air.
    David Phelan, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025

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“Luminance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luminance. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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