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stilb

American  
[stilb] / stɪlb /

noun

Optics.

  1. a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.

stilb British  
/ stɪlb /

noun

  1.  sb.  physics a unit of luminance equal to 1 candela per square centimetre

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stilb Scientific  
/ stĭlb /

  1. The unit of illuminance in the centimeter-gram-second system, equal to one candela per square centimeter.

Etymology

Origin of stilb

From the Greek word stílbē lamp

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