ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Bril

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Bril is a noun meaning A unit of luminance equal to tfrac 1 10⁷π candela per square metre.

Meaning

A unit of luminance equal to tfrac 1 10⁷π candela per square metre.

Example Sentences

Here, Q is brightness (or perceived luminance), measured in brils.
In the experiments, the brightness in brils was measured as a function of luminance for various adaptation levels of the eye.
Tumblin's model aims to match a perceived quality known as brightness, measured in brils, so that the real world brightness and display brightness can be equated.
many of the old units-such as the nox, phot, glim, skot, and scot (identical), as well as the bril and brill (different)—are so antiquated as to be of interest only to the historian.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include microcandela, foot-lambert, millilambert, millilux, teralumen, kilocandela.

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