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unit:STILB

http://qudt.org/vocab/unit/STILB
Types: qudt:Unit
PredicateObject
rdf:type qudt:Unit
dcterms:description The \(\textit{stilb (sb)}\) is the CGS unit of luminance for objects that are not self-luminous. It is equal to one candela per square centimeter or 10 nits (candelas per square meter). The name was coined by the French physicist A. Blondel around 1920. It comes from the Greek word stilbein meaning 'to glitter'. It was in common use in Europe up to World War I. In North America self-explanatory terms such as candle per square inch and candle per square meter were more common. The unit has since largely been replaced by the SI unit: \(\textit{candela per square meter}\).
qudt:applicableSystem sou:CGS
qudt:conversionMultiplier 10000.0
qudt:conversionMultiplierSN 1.0E4
qudt:dbpediaMatch http://dbpedia.org/resource/Stilb
qudt:hasDimensionVector qkdv:A0E0L-2I1M0H0T0D0
qudt:hasQuantityKind quantitykind:Luminance
qudt:iec61360Code “0112/2///62720#UAB260”
qudt:informativeReference
qudt:omUnit http://www.ontology-of-units-of-measure.org/resource/om-2/stilb
qudt:scalingOf unit:CD-PER-M2
qudt:symbol “sb”
qudt:ucumCode “sb”^^qudt:UCUMcs
qudt:udunitsCode “sb”
qudt:uneceCommonCode “P31”
qudt:wikidataMatch http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q640907
rdfs:isDefinedBy http://qudt.org/3.1.11/vocab/unit
rdfs:label
  • “Stilb”
  • “Stilb”@en
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