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Term: Lambert's cosine law
Synonym1: cosine emission law
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Definition: the statement that the radiance of certain idealised surfaces is independent of the angle from which the surface is viewed

NOTE – The radiant intensity of such a surface is a maximum normal to the surface and decreases in proportion to the cosine of the angle from the normal.


Publication date:1991-10
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