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Lumen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • lumen noun The standard unit for measuring the total amount of visible light emitted by a source.

Senses

Lumen is used for these senses in English:

  • lumen (physics) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of luminous flux; the light that is emitted in a solid angle of one steradian from a source of one candela. Symbol: lm.

lumen — full definition

  1. noun The standard unit for measuring the total amount of visible light emitted by a source.
  2. noun The hollow space inside a tube or tubular body part, such as a blood vessel or needle.