LIGHT UNIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does light unit mean? 

• LIGHT UNIT (noun)
  The noun LIGHT UNIT has 1 sense:

1. a measure of the visible electromagnetic radiation

  Familiarity information: LIGHT UNIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIGHT UNIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A measure of the visible electromagnetic radiation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("light unit" is a kind of...):

electromagnetic unit; emu (any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "light unit"):

illumination unit (a measure of illumination)

luminance unit (a measure of luminance)

luminous flux unit (a measure of luminous flux per unit area)

candlepower unit; luminous intensity unit (a measure of luminous intensity)

exposure (the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate)