[mass noun](Physics)the intensity of light emitted from a surface per unit area in a given direction (物理)亮度 ■the component of a television signal which carries information on the brightness of the image (电视信号中的)亮度信号
语源
late 19th cent. (as a general term meaning 'light, brightness'): from Latin luminant- 'illuminating' (from the verb luminare) + -ance