#light_unit__lightunit a measure of the visible electromagnetic radiation
supertype: electromagnetic_unit__electromagneticunit__emu any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
subtype: illumination_unit a measure of illumination
subtype: footcandle a unit of illuminance on a surface that is everywhere 1 foot from a point source of 1 candle
subtype: lambert__l a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
subtype: lux a unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square meter; 0.0929 foot candle
subtype: phot a unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter; 10,000 phots equal 1 lux
subtype: luminance_unit__luminanceunit a measure of luminance
subtype: nit.luminance_unit a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
subtype: foot-lambert__ft-L a former luminance unit equal to one lumen per square foot
subtype: luminous_flux_unit a measure of luminous flux per unit area
subtype: lm__lumen a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all directions
subtype: luminous_intensity_unit__candlepower_unit__candlepowerunit a measure of luminous intensity
subtype: standard_candle__candle__candela__cd the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the System International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin
subtype: international_candle__internationalcandle a former international unit of luminous intensity; now replaced by the candela
subtype: exposure.light_unit the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate; "he used the wrong exposure"
subtype: overexposure.exposure exposure to too much light or for too long a time
subtype: underexposure.exposure exposure to too little light or for too short a time
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