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package si.uom.quantity;

import javax.measure.Quantity;

/**
 * Radiance of a surface per unit frequency or wavelength. The latter is
 * commonly measured in W⋅sr−1⋅m−2⋅nm−1. This is a directional quantity. This is
 * sometimes also confusingly called "spectral intensity".
 *
 * @author Werner Keil
 * @version 1.0
 *
 * @see Wikipedia:
 *      Radiance
 * @see RadiantIntensity
 */
public interface Radiance extends Quantity {
}