Definition of Stilb

1. Noun. (physics) a unit of luminance equal to one candela per square centimetre ¹

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Definition of Stilb

1. a unit of intrinsic brightness [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stilb

stigmatisms
stigmatist
stigmatists
stigmatizable
stigmatization
stigmatizations
stigmatize
stigmatized
stigmatizes
stigmatizing
stigmatose
stigme
stigmergic
stigmergy
stigmes
stilb (current term)
stilbene
stilbenes
stilbenoid
stilbenoids
stilbesterol
stilbestrol
stilbestrols
stilbite
stilbites
stilboestrol
stilbs
stile
stiled
stiles

Literary usage of Stilb

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1. Reports of All the Cases Decided by All the Superior Courts Relating to by Edward William Cox, Great BRitain Magistrates' cases (1907)
"... certified by the Board of Trade), and with a 561b. local standard weight tested the four stilb, weights of the company, and found that two of the stilb, ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1891)
"... as a cardiac stilb atea «re clearly related, and "the only writer who has de- ? in a case of plague. The 5 recognised the merit of . ..."

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