Diffuseness


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Diffuseness

A measure of a light’s dispersion as it travels from the source. Diffused light is useful for general lighting purposes.
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[...] In this context, Swinburne's famed diffuseness can be seen as an integral part of his profoundly original erotic vision" (647).
[C.sub.d] = [[pi].sup.2]/2 [([a.sub.0]/[r.sub.0]).sup.2][e.sup.2]/[r.sub.0] (diffuseness correction)
In this sense, as Jerry Brotton notes, Prospero may recall Aeneas, tamer of the sea (and winds); (61) yet the fact that both Prospero's art and Ariel's power is closely aligned with the insubstantial force of illusion suggests that Prospero the imperial colonizer is equally indebted to Cleopatra's model, utilizing the very diffuseness of the air to secure his legacy.
them, and their diffuseness means every extended family in America
The range of acting styles, which run from amateurish exaggeration to Dukakis's almost Method-like muttering, gives this production a wobbly diffuseness. But like its title character, it keeps moving forward, while usually holding the attention.
Such moments highlight a thread of Italian ambivalence and textual diffuseness in Montaigne's Essais that must be considered alongside the strong current of anti-Italian sentiment in France in the 1570s and 1580s.
Lipoproteina(a) is a feature of the presence, diffuseness, and severity of coronary artery disease in Saudi population.
One type of these methods is the diffuseness process theory method, and the primarily one is Fokker-Planck equation method.
Human perception of spatial information has been found to be associated with the inter-aural time differences (ITDs) and inter-aural level differences (ILDs), while the source width and diffuseness properties of the sound field are linked to the inter-aural coherence (IC) [1].

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