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luminosityIn astronomy, amount of light emitted by a star, expressed as the rate at which it emits energy, as absolute magnitude, or as a ratio to the luminosity of the Sun. The apparent brightness of an object results from its luminosity and its distance from the observer. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I did not know then that a reddish luminosity, at least, is not uncommon in human eyes. There, on those vast plains, they were to describe enormous geometric figures, drawn in characters of reflecting luminosity, among which was the proposition regarding the `square of the hypothenuse,' commonly called the Almost was she pretty now, with the unique luminosity in her eyes that comes to a girl with her first suitor and a kitten with its first mouse. |
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