Strong (relative detectability)
- Strong (relative detectability)
In the contexts of signal detection and perception in science and technology, but also more generally, strong means intense, either relative to other signals of similar kind, or relative to the detection threshold of the measuring or observing system. Thus "Cygnus X-1 is one of the strongest hard X-ray sources in the sky", or "We consider only strong sources, having a signal to noise ratio above 20 in our detecting system".
In astronomy in particular, for the description of celestial sources of radiation, "strong" is understood to refer to observation from the Earth or another particular body, relative to other sources relevant in the same observational context. Absolute strength, taking into account distance effects, and generally integrating over frequency, is termed luminosity, and measured in units of energy per unit time. Thus, the Sun's luminosity is ~4×1033 ergs/s, while its visual brightness as observed from the Earth is about -26th magnitude, or in energy flux integrated over frequencies, approximately 1380 watts/m².
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Weak; faint.
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