[5.9.2]
The minimum perceptible difference in luminance between two areas.
Note: This can apply to the difference between two separated objects on a common background, or the difference between two juxtaposed patches separated by a contrast border, or the difference between a uniform small object and its background.
NOTE: This definition was changed in ANSI/IES RP-16-17 Addendum 4.
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