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Look up luminance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Luminance is a photometric measure of the density of luminous intensity in a given direction, measured in candela per square metre (cd/m2).
Luminance may also refer to:
- Relative luminance, luminance normalized with respect to a reference white
- Luma (video), an approximation of relative luminance, used in video signals