LUMEN


Meaning of LUMEN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈlü-mən ]

noun

( plural lumens also lu·mi·na -mə-nə)

Etymology: New Latin lumin-, lumen, from Latin, light, air shaft, opening

Date: 1873

1. : the cavity of a tubular organ or part

the lumen of a blood vessel

2. : the bore of a tube (as of a hollow needle or catheter)

3. : a unit of luminous flux equal to the light emitted in a unit solid angle by a uniform point source of one candle intensity

• lu·mi·nal also lu·men·al -mə-n ə l adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.