$A$ source of light emits a continuous stream of light energy which falls on a given area. Luminous intensity is defined as

  • A
    Luminous energy emitted by the source per second
  • B
    Luminous flux emitted by source per unit solid angle
  • C
    Luminous flux falling per unit area of a given surface
  • D
    Luminous flux coming per unit area of an illuminated surface

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