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lambert

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lam·bert  (lmbrt)
n. Abbr. L
The unit of brightness in the centimeter-gram-second system, equivalent to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter.
[After Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728-1777), German physicist and astronomer.]
lambert  (lmbrt)
A unit of luminance in the centimeter-gram-second system, equivalent to the luminance of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter. The lambert is named after the Swiss mathematician and physicist Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728-1777).
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Noun1.lambertlambert - a cgs unit of illumination equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface that emits or reflects one lumen per square centimeter
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illumination unit - a measure of illumination
2.Lambert - English composer and conductor (1905-1951)
Constant Lambert, Leonard Constant Lambert
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It is even possible that the Selenites have already planted the flag on one of their poles, while Franklin, Ross, Kane, Dumont, d'Urville, and Lambert have never yet been able to attain that unknown point of the terrestrial globe.
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But do you really mean to tell me, Mr Lambert, that you--'
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The old gentleman nodded; and two ragged boys who had been marshalled to the spot under the direction of the infant Lambert, forthwith commenced climbing up two of the trees.
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