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Lambert's cosine law en · PROPN

Etymology

Named after Johann Heinrich Lambert.

Meanings

  1. A law stating that the radiant intensity or luminous intensity observed from an ideal diffusely reflecting surface or ideal diffuse radiator is directly proportional to the cosine of the angle between the direction of the incident light and the surface normal.

Relateds

Lambertian

Synonyms

Lambert's law · Lambert's emission law · cosine emission law

wikipedia: Johann Heinrich Lambert