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brightness

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brightness
said of a fleece of wool, a desirable characteristic found in superior fleeces. Consists of a white color and good light reflection.

brightness 
Attribute of visual sensation according to which an area appears to emit more or less light. Syn. luminosity. Note 1: In British recommended practice, the term brightness is now reserved to describe brightness of colour (i.e. the opposite of dullness) as used in the dyeing industry. Note 2: This attribute is the psychosensorial correlate, or nearly so, of the photometric quantity luminance (CIE).
Brightness Acuity Tester (BAT) See glare tester.
brightness constancy See brightness constancy.
brightness enhancement See Brücke-Bartley effect.


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