LAMBERT


Meaning of LAMBERT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈlam-bərt ]

noun

Etymology: Johann H. Lambert died 1777 German physicist & philosopher

Date: 1915

: the centimeter-gram-second unit of brightness equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that radiates or reflects one lumen per square centimeter

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