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LUMINANCE CONTRAST [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
OBS

Quantities defined by three specific formulae in which only the luminances of the objects being contrasted are entered as members. (cf. CIEVO, 1970, p. 122).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
CONT

Objectivement et conventionnellement, on désigne sous le nom de «contraste de luminance» une grandeur définie par l'une [de trois formules] où n'interviennent que les luminances lumineuses [...] des deux réalisations dont on apprécie le contraste.

OBS

contraste de luminance : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Key term(s)
  • contraste

Spanish

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