luminosité

French

Etymology

From Latin lūminōsus (whence French lumineux) -ité.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ly.mi.no.zi.te/

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Noun

luminosité f (plural luminosités)

1. brightness
2. (astronomy) luminosity (the total amount of electromagnetic energy emitted per unit of time by a star, galaxy, or other astronomical objects)

Further reading

• “luminosité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.