See also: kilo-lumen

English

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Etymology

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From kilo- +‎ lumen.

Noun

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kilolumen (plural kilolumens)

  1. A unit of luminous flux equal to one thousand lumens.
    • 1984-7, John E. Kaufman, Jack F. Christensen, (Illuminating Engineering Society of North America), IES lighting handbook: Volume 1984:
      The entire east sky provided an equivalent exitance of 19 kilolumens per square meter (Method 1) []