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SPECIFIED ACHROMATIC LIGHT STIMULUS [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • Illumination Engineering
DEF

Any specified illuminant capable of being accepted as white under usual conditions of observation.

OBS

This includes the CIE standard illuminants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Éclairagisme
DEF

Illuminant spécifié pouvant être considéré comme blanc dans les conditions d'observation usuelles.

OBS

Les illuminants normalisés CIE sont de ce type.

OBS

Pluriel : des stimulus, des stimuli.

OBS

stimulus (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

Spanish

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