illuminant
illuminant
Definition
il·lu·mi·nant (i lo̵̅o̅′mə nənt)
adjective
giving light; illuminating
Etymology: L illuminans, prp. of illuminare
noun
something that illuminates, or gives light
illuminant
Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- unknown: From this input data we want to recover an estimate of the unknown illuminant.
- canonical: This is defined to be the set of all sensor responses obtained by viewing all physically realizable surface reflectances under a canonical illuminant.
Modifies a noun
- direction: However, for directional surfaces, the information content of the image will be altered by a change in the illuminant direction.
- tilt: For isotropic surfaces a change in illuminant tilt is effectively an instance of rotation, with the texture properties being preserved.
- intensity: Use lower illuminant intensity at first to make this alignment a little easier, to start with.
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