lumen

Significado (Inglés)

1. 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.
2. The cavity or channel within a tube or tubular organ.
3. The cavity bounded by a plant cell wall.
4. The bore of a tube such as a hollow needle or catheter.

Conceptos

lumen

Sinónimos

cavity

lm

cavern

chamber

hollow

antrum

socket

inside of a tube

coelenteron

bodily cavity

sinus

bore

Traducciones

lumen

lúmen

Lumen

lumen

lumen

αυλός

lumen

lumière

Einheit des Lichtstromes

Lumen

lumen

κοιλότητα

κηρίο

μονάς φωτισμού

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈluːmən/

Etimología (Inglés)

Borrowed from Latin lūmen (“light, an opening”). Use as a unit was first adopted by French physicist André Blondel in 1894.