radiance

English

Etymology

From Latin radiare + -ance

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪdi.əns/

Noun

radiance (countable and uncountable, plural radiances)

The quality of being radiant, shining, bright or splendid.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
  Girt with omnipotence, with radiance crowned.
(physics) The flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source.

Translations

the quality of being radiant, shining, bright or splendid

Armenian: փայլ (hy) (pʿayl)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 輻射 (zh), 光輝 (zh), 閃耀 (zh)
Finnish: säteily (fi), säteilevyys
Italian: radianza (it) f

Javanese: sunar (jv)
Latin: iubar n, candor m
Polish: blask (pl) m
Romanian: strălucire (ro) f, lucire (ro) f, iradiere (ro) f
Russian: сия́ние (ru) n (sijánije), блеск (ru) m (blesk)

the flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: radianssi, säteilytiheys
Javanese: sunar (jv)

Polish: radiancja f
Romanian: radianță (ro) f, emitanță (ro) f
Russian: излуче́ние (ru) n (izlučénije)

Anagrams

Caradine, canaried, caridean

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