lambert

See also: Lambert

English

Etymology

Named for Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777), a Swiss mathematician, physicist and astronomer.

Noun

lambert (plural lamberts)

  1. (physics) a cgs unit of luminance; the brightness of a surface that emits one lumen per square centimetre

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