Lambert Definition

lămbərt
noun
The basic unit of luminance in the CGS system, equal to the brightness of an ideal surface that radiates or reflects light at the rate of one lumen per square centimeter (929.023 foot-candles or 10,000 lux or 1/π candela per square centimeter)
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • l
  • Leonard Constant Lambert
  • Constant Lambert
pronoun
A male given name; in modern use partly transferred back from the surname.
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A lunar impact crater.

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Other Word Forms of Lambert

Noun

Singular:
lambert
Plural:
lamberts

Origin of Lambert

  • Old High German lant (“land”) + beraht (“bright”), a saint's name (of a Bishop of Maastricht) brought to England by Normans, and partly merged with a corresponding Old English name.

    From Wiktionary

  • After Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777), German physicist and astronomer

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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