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Definition of lumen

Lumen
Lumen Lu"men, n.; pl. L. Lumina, E. Lumens. [L., light, an opening for light.] 1. (Photom.) (a) A unit of illumination, being the amount of illumination of a unit area of spherical surface, due to a light of unit intensity placed at the center of the sphere. (b) A unit of light flux, being the flux through one square meter of surface the illumination of which is uniform and of unit brightness. 2. (Biol.) An opening, space, or cavity, esp. a tubular cavity; a vacuole.

Meaning of lumen from wikipedia

- Look up lumen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lumen may refer to: Lumen (unit), the SI unit of luminous flux Lumen (anatomy), the cavity or channel...
- Lumen Ann Pierce is a fictional character portra**** by Julia Stiles in the Showtime television series Dexter, season 5. Lumen is introduced in the third...
- Lumen Technologies, Inc. (formerly CenturyLink and Qwest) is an American telecommunications company headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana, that offers communications...
- The lumen (symbol: lm) is the unit of luminous flux, a measure of the perceived power of visible light emitted by a source, in the International System...
- Lumen Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Seattle, Washington, United States. Located in the city's SoDo neighborhood, it is the home field for the Seattle...
- In biology, a lumen (pl.: lumina) is the inside space of a tubular structure, such as an artery or intestine. It comes from Latin lumen 'an opening'....
- openings. They incorporate an endotracheal lumen which terminates in the trachea and an endobronchial lumen, the distal tip of which is positioned 1–2 cm...
- The Lumen is a high-rise apartment building in the Playhouse Square district of downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Completed in 2020, the 34-story, 396-foot (121 m)...
- anthropomorphic elements of nature, the story follows fire element Ember Lumen (Lewis) and water element Wade Ripple (Athie), who spend time together in...
- In lighting design, the lumen method, (also called zonal cavity method), is a simplified method to calculate the light level in a room. The method is...