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Definition of Steradians
1. steradian [n] - See also: steradian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Steradians
Literary usage of Steradians
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Number of steradians in an Angle.—Let A be the angle at tho centre of a ...
and therefore the number of steradians in tho solid ungle at a point — 4т. ..."
2. Handbook of Mathematics for Engineers by Edward Vermilye Huntington, Louis Albert Fischer (1918)
"80. which an element of a cone makes with its axis, then the solid angle of the
cone contains 2ir(l — cos «) steradians. Regular Polyhedra. ..."
3. 1. Mathematical Tables by Edward Vermilye Huntington, Louis Albert Fischer (1916)
"... or ir steradians = 180 spherical degrees. If и = the angle which an element
of a cone makes with its axis, then the solid angle of the cone contains ..."
4. Illuminating Engineering Practice: Lectures on Illuminating Engineering by University of Pennsylvania, Illuminating Engineering Society (1917)
"It is sometimes stated that the solid angle subtended by a chosen area when viewed
from a chosen position can be calculated in steradians by dividing the ..."
5. A Course in Electrical Engineering by Chester Laurens Dawes (1922)
"The number of unit solid angles 3 (1.6)' = 1.33 steradians. Ans. 181. Luminous Flux:
Lumen.—Light may be considered as a flux which emanates from a luminous ..."
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