radio brightness

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Noun1.radio brightness - the strength of a radio wave picked up by a radio telescope
intensity, intensity level, strength - the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation); "he adjusted the intensity of the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength"
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