steradian

Definitions

General Science

• noun the supplementary SI unit of measurement for solid angle.

Astronomy

• Unit of solid angular area, e.g. on the celestial sphere, consisting of a square one radian (angular measure) on a side

Electronics

• A unit of measure of solid angles. There are 4π steradians in a sphere, thus one steradian equals about 0.079577 sphere. Its symbol is sr.
• abbreviationsr

Information & Library Science

• abbreviation in Internet addresses, the top-level domain for Suriname

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Contexts for “steradian”

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• Astronomy
• Electronics
• Information & Library Science