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Six example sentences with illuminance, each labelled with its topic.
A handheld meter reports the illuminance falling on the model's cheek so the exposure never depends on guesswork.
Photography
Building codes set a minimum illuminance for stairwells, measured at the tread rather than at the ceiling fitting.
Architecture
Seedlings grown at low illuminance stretched toward the lamp and produced far fewer leaves than the control tray.
Science
Conservators cap the illuminance on the watercolours at fifty lux, which is why the gallery feels dim after the sculpture hall.
Art
The phone's light sensor reports the illuminance around it, and the screen dims the moment you walk into a dark room.
Technology
Winter light therapy lamps deliver an illuminance of ten thousand lux, roughly twenty times a bright office.
Medicine
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